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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is pursuing a federal lawsuit demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turn over three years of its communications with journalists and activist groups, a highly

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ended an investigation of civil rights violations stemming from industrial pollution in St. John the Baptist Parish that critics say disproportionately affects Black residents.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday abruptly announced it was ending civil rights investigations of the state Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Health over their roles in

More than 740 sites with toxic chemicals in Louisiana are in the path of hurricanes, flooding and other growing dangers from climate change.

A new podcast from WWNO/WRKF dives deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond.

Louisiana’s \“Cancer Alley\” has no shortage of Black communities overburdened by pollution. But years of protest have begun to bear fruit. We travel the Mississippi River to learn what has allowed industry to flourish on its banks, see how the tide might turn in one neighborhood’s fight for clean air, and ask what’s next for a growing environmental justice movement.

The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency recently used the smokestacks of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” as the backdrop to announce new rules aimed at reducing harmful, toxic emissions from chemical

Manufacturers potentially subject to new emissions controls are concentrated along the Gulf Coast, with clusters in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.

Kentucky has the fourth-largest number of facilities that may fall under proposed regulations, including four in Louisville's Rubbertown.

Environmental activists say the additional controls on carcinogenic chemicals released by manufacturers are long overdue.