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Activists in St. James Parish have been fighting the development of a giant plastic manufacturing plant there for years. They have filed lawsuits,...
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A Louisiana refinery is one of 10 across the country that is releasing excessive levels benzene into nearby communities, according to a report from the…
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I've always thought of gardening as a green activity, but there's an argument that some of the things we do when we garden are not necessarily as green as…
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A legislative effort to let chemical plants and other industrial companies keep certain environmental violations secret ended Wednesday, after the bill’s…
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The chemicals used to clean up the BP oil spill may not have been as bad as previous studies suggest -- that’s one of a few themes from the Gulf of...
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Every summer, a dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an area with so little oxygen that marine life can’t survive, caused mostly by agricultural...
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Since taking office, the Trump administration has been looking for ways to repeal the Clean Power Plan — the Obama administration's policy to reduce...
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Mary Lee Orr of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network talks about the state of the environment in Louisiana and the conflict over the Bayou Bridge…
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Professor Nancy Rabalais of LSU's Energy, Coast and Environment Department talks about the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and its impact on the…
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The dead zone is an area in the Gulf of Mexico where the oxygen is so low that fish and shrimp can’t live. Scientists say this year’s dead zone is 8,776...