Halle Parker

Sitting at long, cafeteria-style tables, nearly a hundred people gathered in the rural bayou community of Chauvin, Louisiana.

Sprigs of lavender and mint decorated the cafeteria tables in Fifth Ward Elementary School on Tuesday morning as part of a “green chemistry” experiment

Billions of dollars in procured from oil giant BP has been the main source of coastal restoration funding. But that money is set to run out in 2031. A new brief pushes urgency.

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is asking a federal judge to require St. John the Baptist Parish School Board to relocate students from an elementary school located right next to a chemical plant.

A member of Concerned Citizens of St. John Parish holds a sign outside the neoprene manufacturing facility DuPont sold to Denka in 2015.

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is asking a federal judge to require St. John the Baptist Parish School Board to relocate students from an elementary school located next to a chemical plant.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded New Orleans nearly $50 million to install solar panels on low to middle-income homes, advancing climate action and energy independence in the city.Halle Parker, Ellis Juhlin and Jessica Meszaros report for WWNO and NPR.In short:New Orleans will us...

Greenfield Exports LLC canceled plans to build a grain elevator in St. John the Baptist Parish after a lengthy permit process with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

St. John the Baptist Parish’s rural west bank is close to surpassing the first hurdle to gaining the country’s most prestigious historic designation.

Janie Verret Luster lost her home to Hurricane Ida in 2021. A lifelong Terrebonne Parish resident, she has weathered more than a dozen storms.