Stormwater, sewage, and agricultural runoff have polluted waters of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin for decades. From 2002 to 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded about $31 million for projects to help restore this basin by, for example, improving local sewer systems.

Departing water manager leaves the 106-mile waterway cleaner, safer and more inviting

Video shows an enormous alligator off an Alabama island over the weekend. The video was taken at Dauphin Island, a small town in the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., weighed in after news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied Pinellas County’s request for a waiver to complete the Sand Key Beachrenourishment project.

Waters off Alabama, Louisiana and Texas are home to 14,000 nonproductive wells

On March 16, ExxonMobil announced the beginning of operations at the expansion of its Beaumont refinery, adding 250,000 barrels per day (b/d) of capacity, according to the company’s announcement.

It’s a sign some rules are changing on Perdido Key. Escambia County Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance cutting down on the number of “no trespassing” signs property owners can put up on the beach to let visitors know where public beach access ends and private property begins.

Proposals for carbon capture and sequestration projects have been popping up across Louisiana for years. Officials have welcomed these projects, but residents have recently expressed their concerns of the plans to store carbon dioxide underground — especially in the area surrounding Lake Maurepas.

Last Thursday, SpaceX’s South Texas facility was awash in noise and fire, as crowds gathered in South Padre Island and Port Isabel to watch Starship’s first orbital launch.

Leaders in North Port St. Joe had big plans for tourism, real estate, even a Black history museum. Then they found out, almost by accident, that elected officials had been pushing the LNG terminal for years without telling them.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Army Corps of Engineers sent Pinellas County a letter on Thursday denying a request for a permanent easement waiver, which would have allowed much of the Sand Key barrier island to receive beach renourishment next year.

Underdogs? USC was ranked No. 4 in the nation in the AVCA preseason poll, was up to No. 2 for six of the next seven weeks, and finished in the No. 3 slot. No one was sleeping on USC.

Island voters approved a proposition that keeps millions of dollars in sales tax revenue dedicated to fund the building of parks, maintaining infrastructure, beach remediation and economic development.

“Houston is an engineering town, and this is a big-time engineering solution,” he told Grist. “But I think what you see is an agency that’s working with concepts from the 1980s facing 21st-century flooding problems.” (Susan Chadwick, Director of Save Buffalo Bayou).

Homeowner insurance rates along the Mississippi Coast are skyrocketing and insurance agents are in some cases scrambling to find coverage for older homes.

Offshore wind (OSW) development in the Gulf of Mexico (the Gulf) is an opportunity that has, arguably, received less focus than East and West Coast prospects, and one which some in the industry surmise, developers may have difficulties creating a winning strategy for.

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced Monday that the second 30-day application period for insurance companies to apply for Insure Louisiana Incentive Program funding is open through May 25.

Less than a year after governments in Lee and Collier counties spent millions on restoring their beaches from the effects of erosion, they’re going to have to do it again.

Louisiana is on the cusp of a carbon capture bonanza. For many, that is cause for concern.

Whales are some of largest and the most magnificent animals on Earth, and some whale species are among the world's most endangered.

Santa Rosa County is going all in on restoring Navarre Beach, and its county commissioners are going to let tourists cover the cost of the coastline facelift.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners will be asked Thursday to decide how much, if any, Navarre Beach restoration they are willing to pay for.

While Lee County has been renowned for its gorgeous beaches for decades, some of the region’s coastal areas are still home to some lingering debris from the hurricane.

Alabama is set to receive $43 million in federal grants to make the state’s coastline more resilient to sea level rise caused by climate change.

Louisiana is celebrating the organizations around the state working proactively toward a more sustainable and resilient coast. Gov. John Bel Edwards officially proclaimed April 24th – April 28th as Coastal Industry Week for the state.