#TheLensNola🔍 In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast Guard. Critics say the Trump administration is undermining the Coast Guard’s other missions... ✍ Delaney Nolan Full Story: buff.ly/c1yZGuQ

#TheLensNola🔍 Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution. ✍ Ames Alexander, Floodlight Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/PsBee0G #blueammonia #carboncapture #CFIndustries

#TheLensNola🔍 A grassroots environmental group says this week’s explosion of a natural gas pipeline in Cameron Parish is why its community air monitoring mission needs to be expanded. ✍ Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator Story 🔗 : buff.ly/vPEjWbB #cameronparish #pipelineexplosion #airmonitoring

#OPINION The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the central provision that has protected minority voters from discriminatory maps and election systems for 60 years. ✍ Adam Ganucheau, Deep South Today Read story 👀: buff.ly/EPySQjL

Over more than 40 years of research, the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown has established that Cape Cod Bay is the greatest known aggregation point for the roughly 380 members of the endangered North Atlantic right whale species. provincetownindependent.org/featured/202...

#OPINION The Justice Department is weaponizing a law intended to protect those seeking abortions to punish reporters covering anti-ICE activism. ✍ David Bralow, The Intercept Read full story 🗞: buff.ly/OvogSnu #donlemon #georgiafort #faceact

#TheLensNola🔍 Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children. ✍ Shefali Luthra, The 19th Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/ZGGmgT4 #ICE #louisiana #deportation

A hefty collection of seagrass specimens from 22 years of global sampling found a new home at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Mass. With more than 20,000 specimens from 42 locations, the collection is the largest in the world. provincetownindependent.org/featured/202...

Griggs Park is getting new playground equipment, entrances and paths as part of a renovation set to take place in 2027. brookline.news/town-plannin...

#TheLensNola🔍 As the state limits sharing of independent data, the Trump administration is delaying new testing requirements for dozens of chemical plants around the Mississippi River Basin. ✍ Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press Full Story: buff.ly/CJR6uDk

#TheLensNola🔍 New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer. ✍ Delaney Dryfoos Full story 🔗: buff.ly/VUJeWXR

#TheLensNola🔍 Lawyers for the oil giant argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the matter belongs in federal court. But the heavily Republican state responded that a $744.6 million jury award in state court should stand. ✍ Lee Hedgepeth, Inside Climate News Story 🔗: buff.ly/72zS0Pu

#TheLensNola🔍 Agents with the FBI and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division conducted a search of the facility in November. ✍ Wesley Muller. Louisiana Illuminator Full Story🗞: buff.ly/GKI4AMv #FBI #smittysupplyexplosion #investigation

#TheLensNola🔍 Elyse Stevens was a primary physician at the University Medical Center New Orleans, which runs an integrated health clinic specialized in treating patients with substance use disorders. ✍ Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News Full story: buff.ly/a1xkIPM

#TheLensNola🔍 Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town. ✍ Adam Mahoney, Capital B Read full story🗞: buff.ly/2zm0k3S #oilspill #roselandlouisiana #smittyssupply

#TheLensNola🔍 The environmental groups say that the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy “violated its constitutional, statutory and regulatory duties” with its hasty reissue of a construction permit. ✍ Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/CVj242S

#TheLensNola🔍 In the sky above Bourbon Street, a new memorial pays homage to those killed in the New Year’s Day truck attack. The community’s ongoing tributes have helped with healing, one victim’s sister said. ✍ Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/XUx8rC4

#TheLensNola🔍 Landry pays his respects to the 14 Bourbon Street victims and addresses ICE presence in the city. ✍ Katy Reckdahl with photos by Gus Bennett Read full story: buff.ly/k070j4U #governorlandry #bourbonstreet #neworleans

In June, the state of Louisiana passed a law codifying gas as “green energy.” Yes, gas. ✍ Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/Jb36FD7 #gasoline #greenenergy #Louisiana #bestof2025 #TheLensNola🔍

Some of my stories this year included: - how the gas industry pushed state bills to redefine gas as “clean” energy - how the DOE partnered with plastics lobbyists - how Exxon is building CO2 pipelines through communities after Trump withdrew safety regs More: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...

#TheLensNola🔍 Leaked emails show the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools landed a meeting with the Labor Secretary, who assuaged short-term concerns. Long-run worries remain though. ✍ Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/HWFSJc8 #charterschool #departmentoflabor #neworleans

Led to expect an “exit bonus,” migrants were left empty-handed in their home countries. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Full Story: thelensnola.org/2025/12/18/t... #ICE #selfdeportation #exitbonus

Breaking news: Authorities in Rhode Island say Claudio Neves Valente, the suspect in shootings in Brookline on Monday and Brown University on Saturday, is dead. This is a developing story, and we will update our article as new information is made available. brookline.news/suspect-in-b...

The Recreation Department is planning to increase the prices for some its lessons, sports and camps. Read about why: brookline.news/parks-and-re...

Nuno Loureiro, killed in a shooting in Brookline this week, once attended a local walkout advocating for tougher gun laws after the shooting in Uvalde. He was moved to tears, said a friend, and commented on the differences in gun violence in the US and Portugal. brookline.news/as-homicide-...

#TheLensNola🔍 A survey in photo and text, of what New Orleanians are thinking about the local immigrants threatened by Catahoula Crunch. ✍ Gus Bennett Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/Y1XGHVt #ICE #immigrantsheltering #neworleans

#TheLensNola🔍 Recent legal changes, a Trump-friendly governor and a large immigration detention infrastructure could make the New Orleans crackdown easier for the administration. ✍ Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project Read More 👀: buff.ly/pOQDuUO

#OPINION Air Products wants to off-load its risk for a proposed carbon-capture project in Lake Maurepas, which the writers see as too risky for the state of Louisiana. ✍Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré and Livingston Parish Councilman Dean Coates Full Story: buff.ly/4pUkghg

#TheLensNola🔍 Louisiana Dept. of Conservation and Energy issues another permit after state judge ruled the original shouldn’t have been granted. ✍ Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator Read full story: buff.ly/XdkRIrJ #cameronparish #commonwealthlng #neworleansnews

An attorney for the town will appear in court today to defend the town's decision to close Hall's Pond Sanctuary a few weeks before construction is set to start on a boardwalk. A resident has sued, seeking an injunction to reopen the area until early December. brookline.news/resident-tak...

#TheLensNola🔍 Waste has been stored and recycled at other sites, but LDEQ grants an emergency exemption for River Birch. ✍ Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator Read full story: buff.ly/rv8dkR3 #oilwaste #smittyssupply #jeffersonparish

#TheLensNola🔍 Forty-one people have been executed so far this year, the highest number since 2012. ✍ Amanda Watford, Stateline Read More: buff.ly/90CkgLl #deathpenalty #nitrogengasexecution #louisiana

#TheLensNola🔍 The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University. ✍Hannah Richter, Sierra Magazine Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/IPaDPcj #louisianatechuniversity #ecologist #federalgrant

#TheLensNola🔍 Gov. Jeff Landry said his health department will find the money to cover $147 million in benefits next month for the elderly, disabled and children. ✍ Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana Illuminator Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/xA28ULa #SNAPBenefits #foodstamps #neworleans

Zero emissions by 2040? Not happening in Brookline, the town's leaders and climate experts acknowledge. They've set a new goal of 2050. brookline.news/town-pushes-...

#TheLensNola🔍 Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say. ✍Terry L. Jones, Floodlight Full Story🗞: buff.ly/CgaAQoV #airpollution #chemicalplants #environemtalnews

#TheLensNola🔍 New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition. ✍Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/EDExy3K

#TheLensNola🔍 Gov. Jeff Landry scraps sediment diversion planned for Breton Sound marsh. ✍Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/m81AWVA #coastalrestorationproject #bretonsoundmarsh #environmentalnews

On Sunday, volunteers placed hundreds of native tree and shrub saplings in a miniature forest outside the Ridley School, a project aimed at increasing biodiversity and fighting climate change. It's Brookline's second mini-forest, inspired by a Japanese botanist. brookline.news/brooklines-s...

#OPINION While Gov. Jeff Landry was quick to denounce the speed of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-led clean-up, he's silent in holding Smitty's Supply itself accountable for the explosion... ✍Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/OFVgJMP

#TheLensNola🔍 "Intentionally or not, Trump is adding weight to this burden that women are already carrying as family health managers." ✍Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/21tPjZG #childhoodvaccines #vaccinedelay #presidenttrump

#TheLensNola🔍 Plant held millions of gallons of motor oils, fluids and other petrochemicals. ✍Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/MOpgoVt #smittyssupply #hazardouspollution #tangipohoaparish

#TheLensNola🔍 Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises. ✍Terry L. Jones and Evan Simon | Floodlight Read Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/s53G5QR #climaterelocation #isledejeancharles #environmentalnews

#TheLensNola🔍 A new Tulane University study on brown anoles could offer a better understanding of lead poisoning... ✍Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator Read More🗞: buff.ly/XoHI5IQ #brownanolelizards #tulaneuniversity #leadpoisoning

For @thelensnola.bsky.social, @delaneynolan.bsky.social and I dove deep into a CO2 pipeline Exxon wants to build right near communities in St James Parish, La, for carbon capture. A CO2 rupture can be lethal, and federal safety regs have been pulled by Trump thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

The MBTA is planning to remove nine trees from Beacon Street near the Englewood Ave and Tappan Street stations, including the pictured large pin oak, during the first phase of its work on Green Line accessibility improvements. brookline.news/mbta-town-of...

#TheLensNola🔍 A buzzed-about spelling bee returns to the United States’ biggest maximum security prison. ✍️ Lawson Strickland Read More: buff.ly/oTaRzxf

Check out the latest episode of the Brookline.News podcast to hear what's behind the headlines on Brookline's cannabis industry, toxic chemicals at the Pierce School, and a new restaurant which calls itself a love letter to the empanada. brookline.news/brookline-ne...

Low levels of toxic chemicals known as PCBs were found in soil near the Pierce School during the rebuilding project, in an area between the historic school building and Town Hall. brookline.news/low-levels-o...

#TheLensNola🔍 Inspired by the floodwaters after Katrina and the birth of his son, photographer Gus Bennett created a new photography series, Organic Watermarks ✍️ Gus Bennett Full Story 🔗:https://buff.ly/mov8P6u #OrganicWatermarks #photography #katrina20yearslater