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John Gray/Verite NewsNew Orleans hopes to see fewer power outages during storms and heat waves with an investment in a new energy generation system. -
Rebecca Blackwell/APHurricane Milton plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged by Helene, pounding cities with winds of over 100 mph (160 kph) after producing a barrage of tornadoes, but sparing Tampa a direct hit.
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A LaPlace facility Gov. Jeff Landry has accused a federal agency of trying to shut down reported the leak of a cancer-causing chemical late last month that forced it to temporarily halt operations, according to state officials. -
Milton has strengthened into a major hurricane on a path toward Florida not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the state's coastline. -
Climate change hasn't increased the total number of hurricanes hitting the U.S., but it is making dangerous storms more common. -
Lifelong residents of St. James Parish will speak in federal court on Monday about how parish officials and ordinances have, for generations, explicitly directed industrial plants into predominantly Black neighborhoods. -
The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday. -
The festival’s "misleading’ response is ‘an embarrassment,'" a legislator said. -
Moving and unforgettable, "Water Song" urges listeners to think about how they treat the natural resource, so vital for life on earth. -
The two sides have agreed to a 62% wage increase over 6 years in a deal between the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The union had been seeking a 77% increase. -
U.S. ports from Maine to Texas are closed due to a strike by the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers. -
Research shows that college students are going hungry at a higher rate than the U.S. population as a whole. Some campuses are taking alternative approaches to tackling student hunger.
