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Fishermen in Southwest Louisiana Say LNG Terminals Are to Blame for Shrimp Harvest Decline

Commercial fishermen are leaving what was once the seafood capital of America in search of shrimp as LNG export terminals move in.

By Phil McKenna

Commercial shrimper Ray Mallet aboard his boat, Cajun Memories, on the Calcasieu River near Cameron, La. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News
Manning Rollerson speaks in front of a crowd of demonstrators outside Chubb Insurance’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters in New York City. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City

By Ryan Krugman

An LNG tanker makes its way into Cameron Pass near the site of Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass project in southwest Louisiana. Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Images

Chubb No Longer Insuring Gulf Coast LNG Project That Faces Sustained Opposition Over Health Concerns

By Keerti Gopal

Energy Intelligence, a liquefied natural gas tanker, docks at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron, La. on Feb. 26 to refill its cargo holds before departing for Eemshaven in the Netherlands. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

The Hidden Climate Costs of Exporting US Liquefied Natural Gas

By Phil McKenna, Peter Aldhous

Tariffs Could Spike Rates in an Already Climate-Stressed Insurance Market

By Kiley Price

Robert Taylor stands outside his home, which is near a neoprene factory in Reserve, La. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

As Chemical Industry Seeks Exemption From Pollution Limits, Residents See Assault on Their Lives

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A still from “Single-Use Planet” shows the plastic pollution invading the tropical waters of Bali, Indonesia.

From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view of Venture Global's Plaquemines LNG export terminal in Port Sulphur, La. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Louisiana Gas Export Terminal Gets Key Approval to Move Ahead

By Keerti Gopal

A rupture of one of Denbury’s carbon dioxide pipelines in Saratia, Miss., sent 45 people to the hospital in 2020. Credit: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

CO2 Pipeline Company Draws $2.4m Fine for Menacing Federal Inspectors

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

An oil pumpjack operates in the Permian Basin oil field in Odessa, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Project 2025 Advisor Takes the Reins at EPA Region 6

By Martha Pskowski

A view of the Golden Pass LNG Terminal construction site on June 7, 2023 in Sabine Pass near the Gulf Coast. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Local Tax Breaks for LNG Plants Don’t Benefit Communities, Report Says

By Dylan Baddour

California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

Chemical plants line the roads and suburbs of Cancer Alley, an area along the Mississippi River that stretches from New Orleans to Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Case Claiming Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley Zoning

By James Bruggers

Environmental activists hold banners and chant slogans as they protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project on Aug. 26 in Kampala, Ugandan. Credit: Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images

In the Heart of Wall Street, Rights of Nature Activists Put the Fossil Fuel Era on Trial

By Katie Surma

An aerial view of the Fifth Ward Elementary School in Reserve, Louisiana, with the nation’s only chloroprene plant in the background. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Louisiana, Environmental Justice Advocates Ponder Next Steps After a Federal Judge Effectively Bars EPA Civil Rights Probes

By Victoria St. Martin

A view of the Rio Grande LNG site in February 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Federal Appeals Court Reverses Approval of Massive LNG Export Plants in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune

A view of the damage left in Chauvin, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida hit the state in 2021. Louisiana homeowners may have a harder time holding onto their private insurance after the state Legislature made it easier for insurers to cancel policies. Credit: Rachel Mipro/Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana’s ‘Business-Friendly’ Climate Response: Canceled Home Insurance Plans

By Terry L. Jones, Floodlight

The Denka Performance Elastomer plant sits behind the community of Reserve in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Following Cancer Alley Decision, States Pit Themselves Against Environmental Justice Efforts

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

The Tomoka Correctional Institution is seen in Daytona Beach, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins

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