The legislature has changed the state’s legal definition of wetlands, leaving doubt over whether permits will be needed to ...

St. Martin Parish council members and swamp advocates are opposing a river diversion project in the Atchafalaya Basin, citing ...

While federal law requires publicly disclosed monitoring of major pollutants, fence-line communities in Louisiana have long ...

A proposed Louisiana law could dramatically reshape how wetlands are defined and protected—drawing concern from environmental groups, legal experts and floodplain advocates, Louisiana Illuminator ...

"Louisiana wants to silence us for doing what the state refuses to do — tell people what’s in the air they breathe," one ...

Sponsor Message Last year, Louisiana lawmakers put new requirements on those community testing activities. The law says that for community groups to allege violations of environmental rules ...

The suit calls the law an “industry-friendly ban” that bars groups from using their own independent air monitoring systems to ...

Louisiana plant at the center of an environmental justice fight halts operations - A petrochemical plant in Louisiana accused of increasing cancer risks for a majority Black community has indefinitely ...

Landry strongly supports Louisiana's petrochemical industry ... with the state of Louisiana over air quality and environmental health issues it says disproportionately affect Black people.

A Louisiana native and former Texas environmental ... "DOTD and DEQ are working collaboratively on these environmental issues, and Tim brings a wealth of environmental knowledge and DEQ-agency ...