Louisiana Is Latest State to Redefine Natural Gas as Green Energy Under New Law June 27, 2025 By Jack Brook and Jennifer Mcdermott Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed...
New Orleans Officer Cleared in Puppy Shooting, City to Pay $10K in Damages June 16, 2025 By Jack Brook A jury in federal court ruled that a New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy had violated...
Louisiana Police Officer Who Fatally Shot a Puppy Will Face a Jury Lawsuit Trial June 9, 2025 By Jack Brook A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy while responding to a call is set to go...
Louisiana Stifles Community Air Monitoring With Threat of Million-Dollar Fines: Lawsuit May 27, 2025 By Jack Brook On days of heavy pollution in Sulphur, a southwest Louisiana town surrounded by more than 16 industrial plants, Cynthia “Cindy”...
New Orleans Archdiocese to Pay $179M to Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse May 22, 2025 By Jack Brook The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement...
Louisiana Plant at Center of Environmental Justice Fight Halts Operations May 16, 2025 By Jack Brook A petrochemical plant in Louisiana accused of increasing cancer risks for a majority Black community indefinitely suspended operations largely due...
Authorities Are Cleaning Up an Oil Spill in Southeast Louisiana May 7, 2025 By Jack Brook Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that...
Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities and Projects April 30, 2025 By Jack Brook The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials...
Lawsuits Against BP Over Health Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Stalled April 22, 2025 By Jack Brook Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons...
Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed April 11, 2025 By Jack Brook A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black...