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Venture Global, which owns this methane (liquefied natural gas) export facility in southeast Louisiana, plans to build a second terminal next door. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-1 Thursday to approve the proposal, which critics say would emit a massive amount of greenhouse gases. Credit: Julie Dermansky/Julie Dermansky Photography LLC

Federal Commission OKs Largest LNG Terminal in US; Local Advocates Expected to Sue

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

Environmental justice advocate Sharon Lavigne is worried about a proposed plastics plant near her home in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

For Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Study Shows An Even Graver Risk From Toxic Gases

By Victoria St. Martin

Jennifer Scalise, wife of U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, christens the ECO EDISON, the first American-built offshore wind service operations vessel on May 11 in New Orleans. The ECO EDISON will be the floating home base for offshore wind technicians at Ørsted's Northeast offshore wind farms. Credit: Tyler Kaufman/Ørsted

Is US Offshore Wind Dead in the Water—Or Just Poised for the Next Big Gust?

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

Robert Taylor stands outside his home, which is about a mile from the nation’s only chloroprene rubber plant, in Reserve, La. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Excitement Over New Emissions Rules Is Tempered By a Legal Challenge to Federal Environmental Justice Efforts

By Victoria St. Martin

Ricky Jordan inspects an abandoned well with a temporary cap in the backyard of a home on March 8, 2023 in Oil City, La. Credit: Cooper Neill/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Louisiana and Mississippi have the highest rates of low birth weight and preterm birth in the country, and new evidence suggests industrial pollution could play a role. Credit: Getty Images

Louisiana’s Toxic Air Is Linked to Low-Weight and Pre-Term Births

Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Mobile city workers shovel pounds of Mardi Gras beads into the back of a truck. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

During Mardi Gras, Tons of Fun Comes With Tons of Toxic Beads

By Lee Hedgepeth

Gulf Oil Spill Spreads

A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere

By Terry L. Jones and Pam Radtke, Floodlight

In Darrow, Louisiana, Monique Harden of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice talks to residents about carbon capture at the Hillaryville Pavilion in June. Credit: Emily Kask for the Washington Post via Getty Images.

Q&A: The EPA Dropped a Civil Rights Probe in Louisiana After the State’s AG Countered With a Reverse Discrimination Suit

Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"

A mock prison cell.

Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike by Nearly a Third on Extreme Heat Days, a New Study Finds

By Gina Jiménez

Smoke billows from a chemical plant in the "cancer alley" area Oct. 12, 2013. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

For the First Time in Nearly Two Decades, the EPA Announces New Rules to Limit Toxic Air Pollutants From Chemical and Plastics Plants

By James Bruggers

Gail LeBoeuf, a lifelong member of St. Michael Catholic Church in St. James Parish and co founder and co executive director of the group Inclusive Louisiana, was part of a delegation of Black elders from Louisiana to speak last summer before UNESCO. Credit: James Bruggers

Citing ‘Racial Cleansing,’ Louisiana ‘Cancer Alley’ Residents Sue Over Zoning

By James Bruggers

Storage tanks stand in the evening sun at an LNG terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Credit: Getty Images

After Explosion, Freeport LNG Rejoins the Gulf Coast Energy Export Boom

By Dylan Baddour, Delger Erdenesanaa

On the Frontlines in a ‘Cancer Alley,’ Black Women Inspired by Faith Are Powering the Environmental Justice Movement

By James Bruggers

Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in the area of "cancer alley" on Oct. 12, 2013. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find

By James Bruggers

In Louisiana, Climate Change Threatens the Preservation of History

By Kiley Bense

President Donald Trump tours Louisiana’s Cameron LNG Export Facility in May 2019. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Louisiana Regulators Are Not Keeping Up With LNG Boom, Environmentalists Say

By James Bruggers

John Allaire (left), a retired oil and gas environmental manager, consulted with James Hiatt, the southwest Louisiana coordinator of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, in March on Allaire's Cameron Parish, Louisiana property. Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal is in the background. The proposed Commonwealth LNG terminal would be constructed nearby. Credit: James Bruggers

Sidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana

By James Bruggers

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