The Louisiana School Board voted to close Fifth Ward Elementary due to toxic emissions concerns and low enrollment.

The school is also in a U.S. census tract with the highest risk of cancer from air pollution in the country, according to an ...

Environmental racism—defined as racial disparities in environmental risks from exposure to any toxin or from climate ...

In South Louisiana, DuPont Plant has been fined $480,000 for releasing cancer-causing chemicals. Find out more about the ...

On Jan. 27, 2021, newly-elected President Joe Biden announced the Justice40 initiative. The initiative’s goals are ambitious: ...

The governor says simplifying permitting will help attract jobs and investment to Louisiana. Environmental groups say more ...

Louisiana school with a majority Black student population is set to close due to toxic air lawsuits. A Louisiana school board ...

Chemical manufacturing giant DuPont has recently agreed to pay a hefty fine of $480,000 as part of a settlement with the EPA ...

A southeast Louisiana school board voted on Thursday to shut down a ... that it exposes the surrounding majority Black ...

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In a 7 to 4 vote Thursday night, Nov. 7 St. John the Baptist School Board has decided to close Fifth Ward Elementary at the ...