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Energy Transfer Partners, the oil giant behind the hotly contested Bayou Bridge Pipeline, is actively harming wetlands in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin by continuing pipeline construction during flood season. Environmental watchdogs, represented by...

The United States should be a global leader in winding down fossil fuel use and production. Instead, the U.S. oil and gas industry is gearing up to unleash the largest burst of new carbon emissions in the world between now and 2050. At precisely the...

Today, Sierra Club secured Cleco’s commitment to phase out coal use and reduce the operation of 1,200 MW of uneconomic coal-burning generation and to acquire 200 MW of renewable energy--with a goal of achieving 30% renewables, fleet-wide--as part of...

The Louisiana Watershed Initiative will kick off 2019 with the year's first meeting of the Council of Watershed Management on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 1:00 PM, House Committee Room 3 Louisiana State Capitol. The Louisiana Watershed Initiative...

Prompted by more than a dozen investigations into his behavior and actions -- including one that has been sent to the Department of Justice -- Donald Trump announced that Ryan Zinke is out at the Department of the Interior this morning. While...

The Formosa Plastics group wants to build another polluting chemical plant in a predominantly black community in St. James Parish. The company has a history of chemical spills in Baton Rouge, Texas, and Vietnam, but now has its sights set on Cancer...

The Climate Reality Project announced today that it will hold the next Climate Reality Leadership Corps activist training in Atlanta, Georgia from March 14-16, 2019. Applications are now open for the three-day Atlanta Training, which will be...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a unanimous win to property owners contesting government designation of their land as a critical habitat for endangered species, and dealt a setback to the shy and homely dusky gopher frog. The court remanded...

A federal judge ruled today that the Trump administration violated bedrock U.S. environmental laws when approving a federal permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project. The judge blocked any construction on the pipeline...

The Overstory: That’s the word ecologists use to describe the treetops. There’s a riot of life above us, but usually we’re so focused on what’s right in front that we forget to look up. The Sierra Club’s new podcast, The Overstory, provides the view...