Cities along the Mississippi River are closing their flood gates and preparing for water to continue to rise after four days of torrential downpours soaked basin states with up to 15 inches of rain in some areas.

Louisiana is joining a lawsuit to overturn a federal rule as the state looks to roll back regulations on small nuclear reactors.

The world’s largest ammonia producer plans to invest $4.2 billion to build the world’s largest blue ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Tuesday.

Researchers predict rising seas will increase severe flood risks for about 2.5 million Americans by 2050.

Marginalized people often bear the brunt of environmental injustices. An annual conference in New Orleans is shaping young Black leaders to solve these issues.

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from Louisiana in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic plant native to South America that is choking up dams and rivers.

Communities living and learning near petrochemical plants will face more pollution and less federal protection under Trump’s new policies.

In a legal setback for fossil fuel advocates, a federal court has invalidated a large offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, ruling Thursday in favor of environmental groups that sued to block the lease after it was scheduled for auction in 2023.

Citing few renewable options and projected price jumps, industries in one state propose their own power generation, free from monopoly utilities.

LNG proponents say gas will help rebuild Ukraine. But critics say it will only help industry – undermining Ukraine’s security and Louisiana’s environment.