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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

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

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