Environmental
As dollars dry up for Louisiana’s coastal restoration, advocates strategize to sustain it
By Terry L. Jones Floodlight Louisiana’s desperate efforts to restore and protect its diminishing coastline from further erosion over the past decade has been largely
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Formosa Plastics returns to fight again
By Delaney Dryfoos The Lens For decades, Formosa Plastics Group, a Taiwanese conglomerate, has pushed to build a giant petrochemical complex in southeast Louisiana. In
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By Safura Syed Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — New Orleans has received $50,000 from Bloomberg Philanthropies to invest in youth-led projects that help address the climate crisis, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office announced earlier ... Environmental Justice Issue Heats Up In Louisiana, Sparking Yet Another Battle Against Fossil Fuels
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The recent growth in natural gas usage has generally been seen as a positive development for the Louisiana economy, but Black Louisianans know ... Gulf Coast groups to distribute $50M in federal environmental justice grants later this year
By Drew Costley Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) – Environmental and climate justice groups in the New Orleans region may be in line for federal grants for things like monitoring air quality, solarizing, weatherization ... Environmental interests react to EPA giving CO2 storage permit power
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — State leaders rejoiced as 2023 came to an end over the federal government’s decision to give Louisiana authority to permit and regulate the wells needed ... Public outcry against carbon capture in Louisiana growing
By Terry L. Jones Contributing Writer (Special from Floodlight via The Lens) – Communities of people across south Louisiana say that they want to protect themselves from what they consider to be ... Pipe corrosion a potential threat from saltwater intrusion
By Lue Palmer Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Officials in the New Orleans area are closely watching a slow-moving salt wedge creeping its way up the Mississippi River. Salt water is expected to ... Biden admin. directs $1.2B to carbon capture projects in La., Texas
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Biden administration has awarded $1.2 billion to companies that plan to build facilities in Louisiana and Texas to remove existing carbon dioxide emissions from ... If successful, Landry’s EPA suit could be ‘a significant setback’ for the Civil Rights Act
By Lue Palmer Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Robert “Bobby” Taylor has been living in the shadow of a chemical plant for nearly 50 years. He first became aware of the potential connection ...
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