louisiana, Tag

Of all the states dealing with global warming, Louisiana may have been hit the hardest. According to NPR, Louisiana has lost a staggering amount of coastline - more than 2,000 square miles - over the past 100 years. State...

If your idea of the perfect Bloody Mary involves a dash of Tabasco, better stock up while you can. Over one hundred miles west of New Orleans, Avery Island, the birthplace of Tabasco sauce, is disappearing as its land slowly...

If your idea of the perfect Bloody Mary involves a dash of Tabasco, better stock up while you can. Over one hundred miles west of New Orleans, Avery Island, the birthplace of Tabasco sauce, is disappearing as its land slowly...

An oil rig on Lake Pontchartrain exploded on Sunday night in Kenner, Louisiana, home of the Louis Armstrong International Airport and only a few miles from New Orleans...

Almost $15 billion went towards flood protection in New Orleans in the aftermath of 2005's Hurricane Katrina. But the city once again battled flooding this week - with no hurricane in sight. Several feet of water covered...

The Louisiana Coastal Marsh loses a football-field-size of land - every hour. Architect Robert Obier, who was raised in Louisiana, designed an eco-lodge to bring people to help with restoration efforts as local groups - and...

Abita Brewing Company has been a tastemaker since 1986, both in terms of craft beer - you've probably sipped their Purple Haze - and in sustainability...

Madison just became the first city in Wisconsin and the largest city in the Midwest to commit to 100 percent clean energy in just the latest example of how President Donald Trump can't stop the renewables revolution...

The settlement, first announced in July, will cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments, paid out over 16 years

The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians have lived on the Isle of Jean Charles for almost 200 years. 100 miles south of New Orleans, the small island has been steadily disappearing over the past half century. After decades...

The Pond House has been a long project in the making. When Holly, who is also a principal of Holly & Smith Architects, and his wife Denise purchased the 15.5-acre plot of land, the couple saw the property as a blank canvas....

David Rainey accused of obstructing congressional investigation as prosecutors say he misled officials about quantity of oil entering Gulf of Mexico

On August 2, 2012, a salt dome operated by the petrochemical company Texas Brine collapsed near Bayou Corne, Louisiana, creating a sinkhole that forced the entire town to evacuate...

On August 2, 2012, a salt dome operated by the petrochemical company Texas Brine collapsed near Bayou Corne, Louisiana, creating a sinkhole that forced the entire town to evacuate...

What if you stripped away all of the rivers, streams, mountains and other topographical elements of a map and just left the roads? What would you see? Boston-based design firm Fathom found the answer when it set out to create...