This week, after years of study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers green-lighted a massive Mississippi River diversion project, part of Louisiana’s 50-year plan to protect and rebuild its rapidly ...

By Rocky Kistner First published in Huffington Post Healthy cypress forests like the one pictured here at Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana, are part of what makes the Atchafalaya Basin a jewel of biodiversity.

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Extreme heat is increasingly a serious public health issue in many parts of the world, including in Jackson, Mississippi. 2°C Mississippi, a Jackson-based climate change organization, is collaborating ...

Dolphins killed during Ida’s storm surge are a reminder of how vulnerable Louisiana’s marine life is to climate change. And locals worry a controversial river diversion project to increase the state’s ...

Two major American universities are in the news, thanks to the spadework of a number of small, independent news and research organizations. Newly unearthed documents reveal that the oil and ...

William (Rocky) Kistner Special to the Post-DispatchJun 13, 2024 This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. ST. LOUIS — Robin Proudie remembers working concessions at the old Busch ...

Community leader Kindra Arnesen celebrates court ruling against Chevron, halt to Mississippi River diversion project ROCKY KISTNER APR 22, 2025 Kindra Arnesen and her Louisiana fishing community have ...

What’s more, their food products can use waste materials from a variety of dates that most farmers ignore or discard, saving energy and reducing climate-altering emissions like methane.That could have ...

Cover crops have been growing in popularity in recent years as a method of improving soil health, saving money, and both adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. Government programs ...

Following climate change science is like tracking a snake, slithering along a rocky path that disappears into the dark crevasses of the unknown. Every once in a while, in the chance of a successful ...

Maclean: The Congo Basin peatlands have been on my mind for a while but I had no idea what story I would find when I went there. Kabanda: I was contacted by Ruth Maclean. She told me that she would ...