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Alaska Joins Amicus Brief to Defend American Energy and Stop Climate Lawfare

Alaska Joins Amicus Brief to Defend American Energy and Stop Climate Lawfare

September 16, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox announced today that Alaska has joined an amicus brief to stop activists and courts engaged in climate lawfare. The brief, led by West Virginia in the U.S. Supreme Court,...

Owner:  American Government
DOW SHAREHOLDER ALERT BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC REMINDS INVESTORS WITH LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit Against Dow Inc. - DOW
FLYWIRE SHAREHOLDER ALERT BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC REMINDS INVESTORS WITH LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit Against Flywire Corporation - FLYW
SABLE OFFSHORE SHAREHOLDER ALERT BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC REMINDS INVESTORS WITH LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit Against Sable Offshore Corp. - SOC
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A battery for your house? Here's why it's getting more popular in Louisiana.

A battery for your house? Here's why it's getting more popular in Louisiana.

New Orleans-based Solar Alternatives has been installing rooftop solar panels along the Gulf Coast for 17 years. For most of that time, only about a quarter of the company's customers chose to bolster their solar equipment with backup batteries...

Owner:  John & Dathel Georges
A coal-burning steel plant may thwart Cleveland’s climate goals

A coal-burning steel plant may thwart Cleveland’s climate goals

Cliffs did not respond to Canary Media’s repeated requests for comment for this story, and it has not yet publicly announced its plans for Blast Furnace #6. To put itself on track with Cleveland’s emissions goals, however, the company would need...

Owner:  Canary Media (Non-profit)
Louisiana reacts to Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah college campus

Louisiana reacts to Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah college campus

Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last week. The viral shooting of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk has reached the four corners of America, including college campuses in Louisiana. Kirk was shot while speaking...

Owner:  Tulane University
Post-Katrina Gentrification in New Orleans Was a Warning

Post-Katrina Gentrification in New Orleans Was a Warning

Just a handful of months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005, submerging nearly 80 percent of the city under water and killing more than 1,400 residents, the Times-Picayune published a map of New Orleans on its front page. It...

Owner:  Andrew Perlman and Matt Sechrest
Mother of New Orleans boy attacked by alligator had prior DCFS investigations, records show
Louisiana Receives its First Class VI Carbon Capture Permit

Louisiana Receives its First Class VI Carbon Capture Permit

Louisiana’s Department of Energy and Natural Resources (LDENR) issued the state’s first Class VI permit authorizing the injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into underground formations for storage. Issued in connection with a carbon sequestration...

Owner:  Aviva Cuyler

Baton Rouge teacher arrested after drug search reveals cocaine, marijuana

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A teacher at a Baton Rouge school was arrested on Tuesday after being accused of having drugs on school grounds. According to police records, the School Drug Task Force performed a random dog search at Westdale...

Owner:  Nexstar Media Group
Louisiana gets $34.3M in FEMA aid for communities affected by Hurricanes Ida, Laura and Francine

Louisiana gets $34.3M in FEMA aid for communities affected by Hurricanes Ida, Laura and Francine

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday announced $34,358,061 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to support recovery and emergency measures in Louisiana...

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
New leader of New Orleans' Preservation Resource Center is a former City Council member

New leader of New Orleans' Preservation Resource Center is a former City Council member

Kristin Gisleson Palmer, a former New Orleans City Council member with decades of experience restoring blighted properties, has been named executive director of the Preservation Resource Center. For Palmer, 58, taking over at the helm of the...

Owner:  John & Dathel Georges
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