This week, after years of study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers green-lighted a massive Mississippi River diversion project, part of Louisiana’s 50-year plan to protect and rebuild its rapidly ...

Extreme heat is increasingly a serious public health issue in many parts of the world, including in Jackson, Mississippi. 2°C Mississippi, a Jackson-based climate change organization, is collaborating ...

Healthy cypress forests like the one pictured here at Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana, are part of what makes the Atchafalaya Basin a jewel of biodiversity. BRYAN TARNOWSKI FOR HUFFPOST Louisiana’s ...

By Rocky Kistner If pictures are worth a thousand words, what are videos worth? Whatever the answer, most will surely agree these nine short videos are priceless, representing the first-place winners ...

Days after Hurricane Ida roared through coastal Louisiana, sending a 12-foot storm surge rushing across the marshlands south of New Orleans, Plaquemines Parish Fire Department Capt. Kevin Coleman was ...

A little more than a month ago, Plaquemines Parish officials were toasting a landmark $745-million judgment against Chevron for damaging the marshes and coastal fishing areas of Louisiana. The ...

The author, Carlos Carabaña, in the field. For the story, his team worked more than seven months, obtained various confidential documents and archival video, took 10 field trips and interviewed 30 ...

Experts say there are financial speed bumps ahead for environmental startups like Dayts, especially as Israel endures an unprecedented period of political unrest. Michael Ofran, a fruit and vegetable ...

Cover crops have been growing in popularity in recent years as a method of improving soil health, saving money, and both adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. Government programs ...

This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. ST. LOUIS — Robin Proudie remembers working concessions at the old Busch Stadium as a teenager, selling popcorn and peanuts to hungry ...

One of the world’s largest carbon sinks has long been protected by local communities in the Congo forests. But invading logging operators threaten this invaluable natural resource. New York Times ...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, Arizona, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Last year, Lee Zeldin was a washed-up former four-term congressman from Long Island who ...