coastal erosion

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Chevron, Exxon and other oil and gas companies that lawsuits seeking compensation for coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana should be heard in federal court.

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

The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.

Louisiana’s coastal restoration fund could get a boost from offshore wind revenues.

An effort to nullify lawsuits filed by coastal parishes against oil and gas companies suffered a setback in the Louisiana legislature this week, but some…

Louisiana’s coast is a unique mix of cultures. For hundreds of years Europeans, Africans and Native Americans have lived off the land and water. But...

The Water Institute is a Baton Rouge-based research institution that works with the state and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority on issues...

Scores of coastal research labs around the country are helping communities plan for sea level rise. But now many are starting to flood themselves.

Henry Gass and Noelle Swan of the Christian Science Monitor talk about Louisiana's dwindling coast.-

What happens when you combine the most popular sport in the U.S. with one of the most dire environmental situations in the country? The catchy analogy...