Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a coalition of residents and organizers is demanding that the city take decisive action to protect its most vulnerable communities before the next major storm hits. On Thursday morning, supporters of the grassroots CUT THE CHECK! campaign gathered on the steps of New Orleans City Hall to […]
Thick black smoke and a series of concussive blasts tore through Tangipahoa Parish on August 22 when a fire erupted at the Smitty’s Supply lubricants plant in Roseland, triggering a one-mile evacuation and a multi-agency emergency that has since morphed into a weeks-long environmental cleanup. As September closes, residents say the most troubling images […]
The City Council of New Orleans is expected to vote on a recycling program possibly on October 23, 2025 (but maybe later), with funding provided by the Environmental Protection Agency and The Recycling Partnership. New Orleans is moving ahead with a multi-million dollar overhaul of its residential recycling system, powered by a federal Solid Waste […]
The names of the dead were lost beneath a sugarcane field in St. James Parish. For decades, families whispered that their ancestors were buried there. This includes enslaved men, women, and children whose remains lay unmarked because white landowners denied them proper burial. When heavy machinery arrived, those whispers turned into a crisis. The land, […]
On July 17, 2025, the state of Louisiana officially abandoned the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, the most ambitious coastal restoration project in its history. The decision was finalized when the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group voted to cancel the plan, which would have used funding from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement to reconnect the Mississippi River […]
As the Gulf South braces for another hurricane season, the catastrophic flooding in Texas has become a stark warning of what can—and will—happen when the federal government abandons its responsibility to protect the public. At the forefront of that warning is Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), who issued a blistering statement today directed at […]
While Louisiana faces an insurance crisis, a crumbling coastline, and one of the highest overdose death rates in the country, state lawmakers have decided their latest priority is… chemtrails. Yes. Chemtrails. Not fixing the Sewerage & Water Board. Not stopping insurance companies from fleeing the state. Not funding addiction treatment programs. No, instead, our legislature […]
Editor’s note: This story will be updated as we receive additional information. Residents on the East Bank of New Orleans are only now being notified of a drinking water violation that occurred in January 2025—nearly five months ago—raising serious concerns over transparency, public health, and accountability at the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans […]
Editor’s note: The story has been updated as of 7:36pm to include Council President JP Morrell’s update regarding the restoration timeline via his Facebook page. 8:30 p.m. Update: According to city officials, the number of outages in Orleans Parish has dropped to approximately 16,000, down from an initial 50,000 earlier this evening. The article has […]
The Pontchartrain Conservancy is inviting the community to its sixth annual Storm Aware and Prepare event, set to take place on Saturday, May 31, at the New Canal Lighthouse from 9 a.m. to noon. The family-friendly event, presented by Entergy, aims to provide free hurricane preparedness resources and supplies for the upcoming 2025 hurricane season. […]
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