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

A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical ...

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 ...

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

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 Lake Charles woman is proof that the way you look at things can make all the difference in living your best life.

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

A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe ...

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

An 11-mile stretch of land along the west bank of St. John the Baptist Parish is a strong candidate to become a national historic landmark, a National Park Service study released Friday found, a ...

The findings by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade may have implications ... remains across the larger industrial corridor, dubbed "Cancer Alley" by advocates. The company said that it has respected ...

Sylvia Taylor, D-La-Place, said she attended the hearing because she is ... St John the Baptist Parish is located in Cancer Alley, an industrial stretch between New Orleans and Baton Rouge with ...