Louisiana

The Lens

  • “A Fundamental Reset”

    Fossil fuel companies rebrand as "energy" producers. Also construction of a new LNG terminal is halted by a federal judge. [...] Read More... from “A Fundamental Reset” The post “A Fundamental Reset” appeared first on The Lens.

  • Louisiana will cover most SNAP recipients for November; Landry points the remaining 53k to food banks

    Gov. Jeff Landry said his health department will find the money to cover $147 million in benefits next month for the elderly, disabled and children. [...] Read More... from Louisiana will cover most SNAP recipients for November; Landry points the remaining 53k to food banks The post Louisiana will cover most SNAP recipients for November; Landry points the remaining 53k to food banks appeared first on The Lens.

  • When a parent goes to prison, a child pays the price

    Louisiana spends too much of its budget on criminal justice while ranking low in healthcare, education, infrastructure, and economic wellbeing. We could redirect those resources. [...] Read More... from When a parent goes to prison, a child pays the price The post When a parent goes to prison, a child pays the price appeared first on The Lens.

  • Trump ‘regulatory relief’ to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states

    Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say. [...] Read More... from Trump ‘regulatory relief’ to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states The post Trump ‘regulatory relief’ to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states appeared first on The Lens.

  • Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’

    New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition. [...] Read More... from Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’ The post Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’ appeared first on The Lens.

Louisiana Illuminator

  • State officials downplay arsenic found in Tangipahoa River seafood after Smitty’s Supply explosion

    Seafood tissue samples taken from the Tangipahoa River last month contained harmful levels of arsenic in five of the 13 samples tested, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality reported. It’s the latest update from state officials on the river’s health after the Aug. 22 fire and explosion at the Smitty’s Supply Inc. petroleum products facility

  • Coast Guard responds to natural gas well leak in South Lafourche swamp

    A natural gas well is leaking in a southern Lafourche Parish swamp, according to local officials.  The leak is coming from a well located about 3 miles southeast of Golden Meadow, on the eastern end of Bayou Lafourche. The well is owned by Castex Energy, a Houston company, according to state Rep. Joe Orgeron, R-Golden

  • Effects of government shutdown spread on day 31, from health costs to food to flights

    WASHINGTON — By Saturday, millions of Americans are expected to face a drastic spike in health care premium costs during open enrollment, though a hunger crisis may have been temporarily averted, both tied to the ongoing government shutdown. A federal judge in Massachusetts Friday afternoon found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture acted unlawfully in deciding

  • Lower portion of Tangipahoa River reopens two months after Smitty’s Supply explosion

    State environmental officials have reopened a small stretch of the Tangipahoa River more than two months after a major industrial fire contaminated the waterway with oil and other chemicals and forced officials to close it to maritime traffic.   The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with the Tangipahoa Parish government, reopened the southernmost portion

  • Louisiana to replace SNAP in installments, furlough nearly 800 benefit workers

    Louisiana intends to step in for the federal government in November and provide food aid for most of the state’s needy. But those benefits will trickle out in weekly installments instead of all at once. Plus, the federal government shutdown that will halt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments starting Saturday has also led the state

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