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As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

Coastal Louisiana may be ground zero for climate migration in the U.S., but a new study argues that planning now could turn displacement into agency.

By Avery Schuyler Nunn

A woman sweeps floodwater out of her home on Sept. 11, 2024, in Houma, La. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito attends inauguration ceremonies for President Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments

By Marianne Lavelle

Coastal waters flow through deteriorating wetlands in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost over 2,000 square miles of land, an area roughly the size of Delaware, partially due to climate-driven sea level rise. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

After Losing a Climate Case in a Louisiana Courtroom, Chevron Wants a Change of Venue

By Lee Hedgepeth

Debra Ramirez said oil refining operations by petrochemical plants have systematically dismantled her Lake Charles, Louisiana, community.

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Adam Mahoney, Capital B

Robert Taylor, co-founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John, stands in front of his home in Reserve, La. Credit: Emily Kask/AFP via Getty Images

Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

By Keerti Gopal

Kristi Naquin shows wind damaged screens at her home, built as part of the first federally funded relocation project in the United States. Naquin was among the more than 30 residents who used to live along the Louisiana coastline at Isle de Jean Charles, a mostly Indigenous community. Naquin says the 3-year-old homes are substandard. Credit: Jeffrey Basinger/Floodlight

As Millions Face Climate Relocation, the Nation’s First Attempt Sparks Warnings and Regret

By Terry L. Jones and Evan Simon, Floodlight

Commercial shrimper Ray Mallet aboard his boat, Cajun Memories, on the Calcasieu River near Cameron, La. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

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

By Phil McKenna

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

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