Louisiana
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![A picture of a sprawling liquefied natural gas export terminal, Plaquemines LNG, along the Mississippi River.]()
![A picture of a sprawling liquefied natural gas export terminal, Plaquemines LNG, along the Mississippi River.]()
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Fast-tracked by the Trump administration, the $18 billion expansion would more than double the size of Plaquemines LNG.
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![A strip of marshland surrounded by water]()
![A strip of marshland surrounded by water]()
Nearly 1.5M people in Louisiana depend on this strip of marsh. But it needs saving.
Like much of Louisiana’s coast, the New Orleans Land Bridge is disappearing at a rapid rate.
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![A towering pile of sawdust beneath machinery at a wood pellet mill.]()
![A towering pile of sawdust beneath machinery at a wood pellet mill.]()
Louisiana lawmakers rush to support an industry they ‘do not know a lot about’
A bill to boost a wood-pellet industry plagued by pollution violations sailed through the Legislature.
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![A front end loader removes trash and beads left on Bourbon Street after Mardi Gras in 2009]()
![A front end loader removes trash and beads left on Bourbon Street after Mardi Gras in 2009]()
New Orleans wants to fix its Mardi Gras mess. So why is the trash pile still growing?
This year's Carnival resulted in 1.4 tons of beads, beer cans, and other trash along the city’s parade routes — the highest total on record.
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![Houses sit next to deteriorating wetlands]()
![Houses sit next to deteriorating wetlands]()
This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
A recent ruling puts $745 million to restore Louisiana's coastline in doubt. But the effort to get Chevron and other oil majors to pay is far from over.
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![A computer generated rendering of a planned export terminal for liquid natural gas in Louisiana.]()
![A computer generated rendering of a planned export terminal for liquid natural gas in Louisiana.]()
The most polluting LNG project in the US is being built in Louisiana
Louisiana LNG is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any other natural gas terminal in the country.
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![a dead end sign near a house in a residential area with greenery]()
![a dead end sign near a house in a residential area with greenery]()
The biomass industry promised these Southern towns prosperity. So why are they still dying?
States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs.
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![Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility]()
![Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility]()
Europe gets ‘green energy.’ These Southern towns get dirty air.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near wood pellet mills say they’re getting sick.
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![The Lake Borgne Surge Barrier straddles wetlands near New Orleans, Louisiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the barrier after Hurricane Katrina to protect the city from storm surge.]()
![The Lake Borgne Surge Barrier straddles wetlands near New Orleans, Louisiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the barrier after Hurricane Katrina to protect the city from storm surge.]()
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money
The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts.
