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Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ could fast-track massive expansion of Plaquemines LNG export terminal

Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multi-billion-dollar expansion under a new Trump administration “emergency” permitting process that shortens environmental review and may weaken protections for surrounding wetlands and waterways.

 

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A shrinking strip of New Orleans marsh helps protect 1.5 million people. Louisiana wants to save it

The effort to restore an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland could get a jump-start next year with a $101 million project.

 

Not all New Orleans independent living facilities have disaster plans required after Hurricane Ida

A New Orleans law aimed and boosting disaster planning at certain senior housing facilities has seen mixed results four years after the hurricane that prompted it.

 

Black residents get most of the pollution but few of the jobs from chemical industry, study finds

A new study led by Tulane University has revealed stark racial disparities across the U.S.’s petrochemical workforce.

 

Surprise bids revive hope for offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico after feds cancel lease sale

Proposals from two Chicago companies to build large wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico has reignited enthusiasm for wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico.