LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the country, accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths. According to the American Lung Association, Louisiana ...

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 ...

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

Catherine, Princess of Wales, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. She's since undergone treatment and is now considered cancer free. After revealing she had completed her chemotherapy ...

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

The approach does not center on environmental risks or discrimination, legal and advocacy tools often used in the heavily ...

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 ...