Guest blog post: Embarrassing lack of common sense leads state officials to...
The guest author of this article wishes to remain anonymous. Since Louisiana is already feeling the effects of sea-level rise, you might expect the state to be leading efforts to address climate...
View ArticleHelping Louisianans Stay Afloat: How Federal Flood Insurance Reform Turned...
Federal policy can be a complicated endeavor. Sometimes things that read well on paper can fall apart when put into practice. These situations present perfect opportunities for our legislators to...
View ArticlePrograms that Matter: The Land and Water Conservation Fund
The Most Important Conservation Law You (Probably) Never Heard Of Louisiana is famed for its wetlands and wildlife, though history shows that the present natural world is only a shadow of the state’s...
View ArticleGuest Post: Open Burn at Camp Minden Could Have Negative Consequences Lasting...
Brian A. Salvatore is Professor of Chemistry at LSU Shreveport. North Louisiana faces an enormous public health risk from the proposed open-tray burn of chemical explosives at Camp Minden. This...
View ArticleGuest Post: NLC: Recruiting and Training the Next Generation of Progressive...
David Gray and Racheal Hebert serve as the Co-Directors of the Louisiana chapter of the New Leaders Council. Louisiana is consistently cited as one of the best places in the world for amazing food,...
View ArticleLouisiana Progress Joins National Call To Stop Open Burning of Munitions
Louisiana Progress has joined a broad coalition of more than 70 social and environmental justice organizations from across the U.S. calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the...
View ArticleM6 burn at Camp Minden a national tragedy
Carrie Wooten, our Director of Research and Policy, wrote the following Letter to the Editor that was recently published by the Shreveport Times. The EPA-approved planned open burn of 15 million...
View ArticleM6 Propellant Open Burn
M6 is an obsolete propellant formerly used by the military for launching artillery shells in combat. 15 million pounds of M6 propellant were abandoned at the Camp Minden National Guard Base by the now...
View ArticleCoastal Wetlands Erosion in Louisiana
Over the past century, Louisiana’s coastal wetlands have suffered a dramatic loss of biodiversity, vegetation, and sediment. What has caused this severe devastation to one of Louisiana’s most important...
View ArticleAn Interview with Jane Williams about Safe Disposal Technologies
The following is an interview conducted by Frances Kelley of Louisiana Progress Action with Jane Williams. Jane Williams is the executive director of California Communities Against Toxics. She chairs...
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