Louisiana Coastal Watch

12/27/2024

A natural gas pipeline company has agreed to pay a $62,500 EPA fine for illegal hydrocarbon emissions from a leaking storage tank in Patterson, La., after Hurricane Ida.

12/19/2024

The USGS reported an earthquake near Uncertain, Texas, early Friday morning. Reports are the quake could be felt around north Louisiana,

12/19/2024

Louisiana has become a global hub of LNG production, but a new federal report raises questions over the rapid buildout of the plants.

12/17/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its finding that a small area of Evangeline Parish containing Cabot Corporation’s Ville Platte carbon black manufacturing plant has failed to meet a 14-year-old

12/09/2024

The new plan includes six projects aimed at restoring fish and invertebrates that live in the Gulf’s water column, and four to help restore sea turtles.

Federal agencies recommend spending $210 million in BP oil spill money for 10 Gulf of Mexico fisheries, endangered sea turtle restoration projects

12/09/2024

Federal agencies recommend spending $210 million in BP oil spill money for 10 Gulf of Mexico fisheries, endangered sea turtle restoration projects

12/02/2024

Columnist Bob Marshall ponders how to save the coast in this new political era

12/01/2024

Lapeyre oversaw nominating committees for the post-Katrina east and west bank levee authority board members for 18 years.

Laitrim CEO Jay Lapeyre, who oversaw selection of post-Katrina east and west bank levee authority board members, has resigned from the board member nominating committees.

11/28/2024

The plan proposed to fill a section of Lake Pontchartrain to build a row of multi-million dollar homes on land that is currently underwater.

11/28/2024

A park volunteer says the investigation failed to answer key questions on herbicide use in City Park. The park's contractor, however, called the probe fair.

11/28/2024

A University of Minnesota energy law expert said at LSU he believes revising the law is likely to be a "big priority" of the Trump administration and incoming Congress.

11/28/2024

DEQ accused contractor of inspection, waste violations in Cypress Tree Inn demolition

11/28/2024

Gov. Jeff Landry added another question mark to the already imperiled project. This Q&A will get you up to speed on the giant Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.

11/18/2024

A review of "forever chemicals" may be in order -- even though scientists say they may already know the answer. It could further delay the $3 billion plan.

11/06/2024

The governor's moves are likely to raise fresh concerns over the erosion of reforms after Hurricane Katrina. His political adviser, Shane Guidry, has helped guide the changes.

11/02/2024

Community, environmental groups formally asked Department of Environmental Quality to recuse itself from permitting actions for St. Charles Clean Fuels over bias claims.

Opponents of the proposed St. Charles ammonia plant say state regulators should recuse themselves because of public statements indicating they've already decided to issue a permit.

11/02/2024

Opponents of the proposed St. Charles ammonia plant say state regulators should recuse themselves because of public statements indicating they've already decided to issue a permit.

11/01/2024

Westlake Chemicals and Vinyls in Lake Charles area to pay $825,000 and Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas in Hahnville to pay $168,000.

The fines are part of a drive by the agency’s “Pollution Accountability Team” set up after EPA Administrator Michael Regan’s 2022 "Journey for Justice" tour in Louisiana.