Additional measures to mitigate damage from hurricane-related events might be in Collier County’s future if commissioners agree to a study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Most people associate hurricanes with high winds, intense rain and rapid flooding on land. But these storms can also change the chemistry of coastal waters. Such shifts are less visible than damage on land, but they can have dire consequences for marine life and coastal ocean ecosystems.

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Fort Myers Beach Town Council taking important steps Monday in revitalizing the beach and Estero Island.

New fossil fuel terminals release greenhouse gases and can be devastating to neighboring communities.

Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have swelled to more than 200% their normal size, and snowfall across the rest of the Colorado River Basin is trending above average, too.

New Study Quantifies 50-Year Warming Trend

President Joe Biden’s administration is tapping the brakes on offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico to make way for a new fast-tracked effort to open more federal waters to oil and gas drilling.

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG), the group of state and federal agencies responsible for overseeing and approving spending Deepwater Horizon natural resource damages oil spill settlement dollars in Louisiana, approved $2.26 billion in funding for construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.

A lawsuit by Fort Bend County against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over flooding caused by Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 is back on the court docket.

Coming up April 11-15, 2023 in New Orleans, LA!

Louisiana is no stranger to hurricanes that completely change the landscape that we once knew. Hurricanes Camille, Andrew, Katrina, Rita, and Ida are just a few of the names that will trigger any Louisianian, unfortunately. It’s an unfortunate reality for anyone living on the Gulf Coast, not just those in the Pelican State, and it’s not a recent thing, either.

As insurers in Louisiana flee the state and residents face exorbitant, and in some cases unaffordable, property insurance costs lawmakers returned to the Capitol Monday for a special legislative session to address the ongoing crisis.

Cost of resilience raises thorny questions for Louisiana coastal communities

POINT COMFORT – Environmental advocates drank champagne and ate tacos last week.The opponents of the proposed Matagorda Ship Channel expansion declared victory in December when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrew an environmental assessment it used in its project plans.

Could the Louisiana of 2073 face less flood risk from hurricanes than it does today?

A curious man dropped a GoPro camera into the waters of Navarre Beach, Florida to document the remarkable sea life in the Gulf of Mexico.

Some of the casualties of Louisiana’s creeping coast could include the shelters of its history and culture — libraries, museums and galleries.

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created environmental harm in the Mississippi Sound when it opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway without consulting the National Marine Fisheries Service.

A plan that aims to protect critical economic infrastructure in the Houston and Galveston Bay region is moving forward.

WASHINGTON — State and local government officials from across Louisiana are heading to the Washington Mardi Gras this week and their top question for the state’s congressional delegation is “what do we do now?”

NAPLES, Fla. — The City of Naples has instituted a freeze on beach wedding permits for all of Naples proper.

The Houston-based liquified natural gas company has seen a boost in business following sanctions on Russian energy, but environmental groups in the Coastal Bend say their health and environment is on the line.

NOAA announced on Tuesday the first round of funds totaling $20.5 million for the coordinated management of ocean and coastal resources around the country; the funding is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with $832 million total being distributed over the next five years.

I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossil fuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me.

BATON ROUGE– Could the Louisiana of 2073 face less flood risk from hurricanes than it does today? According to Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority officials, the answer could be“yes”–if their latest coastal master plan, released as a draft earlier this month, is fullyimplemented and predictions for more moderate environmental conditions prevail.