What back-to-back storms did to Lake Charles, Louisiana – Grist
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What losing thousands of residents after back-to-back storms did to one Louisiana town’s politics
This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters…
Federal judge rolls back key civil rights protections in Louisiana’s ‘sacrifice zones’
Earlier this week, in a culmination of a decade-long fight, James Cain, a federal judge…
Study: Air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than we knew
Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and…
Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.
Allie “Nokko” Johnson is a member of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and they love…
The EPA’s first chemical plant rule in 20 years targets polluters in Louisiana and Texas
The chemical plants that dot the industrial corridors of Texas and Louisiana produce some of…
The Endless Shame of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley – State of the Planet
Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch issued a report entitled “We’re Dying Here’: The Fight…
When a climate denier becomes Louisiana’s governor: Jeff Landry’s first month in office
This story was originally published by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests…
Human Rights Watch blames Louisiana regulators for low birth weights in Cancer Alley
The 85-mile stretch of land along the lower Mississippi River in Louisiana is among the…
A Louisiana court just revived plans for the country’s biggest plastics plant
When a judge in Louisiana struck down the air permits that Formosa Plastics needed for…