With John Bel Edwards gearing up for his reelection campaign, the national Democratic primary heating up, and so much climate news happening every day here in New Orleans and the Gulf South, this is our moment to act.

Parish Officials Face More Questions about Industry Bias as Emails Expose Efforts to Sidestep Open Meetings Law

By Keith Magill

A public hearing is scheduled today on a state air-quality permit for a proposed $9.4 billion plastics manufacturing plant a company wants to build in St. James Parish.

State Attorney General Jeff Landry has approved a request from state environmental regulators to file suit against Denka Performance Elastomer, a chemical plant in LaPlace that has come under fire in recent years for the amount of chloroprene that it spews into the air.