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 ...
A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical ...
The governor says simplifying permitting will help attract jobs and investment to Louisiana. Environmental groups say more ...
On Jan. 27, 2021, newly-elected President Joe Biden announced the Justice40 initiative. The initiative’s goals are ambitious: ...
legal and advocacy tools often used in the heavily industrialized and majority-Black areas along the Mississippi River activists dub "Cancer Alley." But historic preservation could gain more ...
Chemical manufacturer DuPont has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and to remediate its plant in LaPlace, Louisiana to stop the release of benzene, […] ‘They … Litigate While They Continue to ...
It’s OK to say you feel awkward and acknowledge the challenges they’re facing. But there are practical things you can do too.
What the viral video didn't show was Ally's ongoing fight against stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that she was diagnosed with when she was 11 years old. Not even six months after ...
In Louisiana and across the country, pancreatic cancer continues to be one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of the disease. On average, the five-year survival rate is 12 percent in the ...
A Lake Charles woman is proof that the way you look at things can make all the difference in living your best life.