air pollution

President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports and roadways – communities that are often largely Black, Latino and low-income. He eliminated the “Justice 40” initiative the Biden created which required 40% of the benefits from certain environmental programs go to hard-hit communities. He disbanded a team of White House advisors who focus on the issue. It's part of a spate of early executive orders that align with Trump's campaign pledge to slash regulations and eliminate an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion. The new administration actions end a short-lived federal embrace of environmental justice.

The proposed $1.3 billion plant would have been the largest in the world.

WWNO’s Coastal Desk is taking a look back at the local and environmental news we produced this year.

Since the Clean Air Act took effect, emissions of the most common pollutants have fallen by around 80%.

Philanthropic and government investments in environmental justice are helping nonprofits push back against industrial development.

Federal appeals court considers lawsuit aimed at pausing new chemical plants in St. James Parish.

A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a ‘Cancer Alley’ community.

Brown University and Tougaloo College students are testing for potential air and noise pollution near the Drax wood pellet plant in Gloster, Mississippi.

The American Lung Association's "State of the Air" report shows some metro areas in the Gulf States continue to have poor air quality.

Toxic pollution forced a small, Black community in Louisiana to relocate. Now, chemical companies say they own its final remnant — the town’s cemetery.