environmental protection

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

Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump.

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.

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.

Also, film producer Gregory Kallenberg on his prize program for the state’s independent filmmakers.

It would seem logical: don’t build schools on dump sites.“We have no law in Louisiana. Other states have it. This simply protects our children when…

The House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment was packed on Wednesday as Representative Gene Reynolds (D-Minden) presented House Bill 11, which…

The recession had caused Americans to favor the economy over the environment, but that trend reversed itself in Gallup's latest survey.