Trump says the FCC should revoke broadcast licenses of TV networks with show hosts who are critical of him. “The networks were 97% against me ... 97% negative,” he said. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

"A lot of the responsibility for taking care of the seniors (during disasters) isn’t on the individuals running the independent living centers, it’s back on the seniors.” - Howard Rodgers, New Orleans Council on Aging

Regulators approve energy plan for massive Meta data center in north Louisiana Entergy plans to build three gas-fired power plants to supply energy to Meta's $10 billion data center.

WWOZ, WYES, WWNO AND Antigravity are critical parts of our community and need financial support asap www.nola.com/gambit/comme...

1—In 2021, Jefferson Parish Deputy Julio Alvarado was caught on video dragging Shantel Arnold, a Black woman, by her hair and slamming her head into the ground. Four years later, that incident has resulted in a $300,000 settlement and a new police accountability law. THREAD

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions. Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now? grist.org/energy/trump... #Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy

“A majority of folks that we’ve heard from have been specifically service industry workers who use the ferry service and feel that it is an absolute necessity." -- Courtney Jackson, RIDE New Orleans veritenews.org/2025/07/17/c...

When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV. —in partnership with @kffhealthnews.org veritenews.org/2025/07/18/l...

Inside New Orleans’ plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings. The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035. grist.org/buildings/in... #Energy #NewOrleans #Buildings #Climate #Policy

For @grist.org, my story on New Orleans' long-stalled plan to cut energy use from its largest buildings: grist.org/buildings/in...

New Orleans lost a $1.2 million flood mitigation grant after the Trump administration began cutting FEMA's budget. By @madhri.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/07/08/d...

A new study estimates the North Atlantic contains 27 million tons of plastic particles. That's 10 times higher than previously thought. By @jbwinters.bsky.social grist.org/science/ocea...

It took more than a decade, but New Orleans' energy benchmarking rule passed today: veritenews.org/2025/07/10/n...

Over a decade after being praised for its plans to track building energy use, New Orleans is poised to consider an ordinance that would actually require some buildings to monitor and report their consumption. New for @veritenews.org from @tristanbaurick.bsky.social. veritenews.org/2025/07/01/n...

In 2014, New Orleans was “paving the way” for other cities with an innovative program aimed at making buildings more energy efficient. More than a decade later, the 'energy benchmarking' ordinance still hasn't been approved. That could change this month... veritenews.org/2025/07/01/n...

The Trump administration’s proposal to decommission the agency charged with investigating chemical accidents will hurt employers’ safety compliance efforts in handling highly hazardous materials, safety professionals say.

I can't get enough of the Ben Carson solar farm drama, and readers can't either. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/grow...

A newly identified species is already in danger of extinction. A proposed massive data center in Alabama would “nuke” its habitat, scientists say. insideclimatenews.org/news/1606202...

New Orleans will have a new natural gas company after a recently formed company takes control of Entergy New Orleans’ gas business. By @kjfernelius.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/06/16/e...

This is really a BIG DEAL! Chemical Safety Board to disappear under Trump's orders | Grist grist.org/energy/trump...

“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths.” - Beth Rosenberg, former Chemical Safety Board member grist.org/energy/trump...

The Trump administration has quietly proposed closing the Chemical Safety Board. “Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths,” a former board member said. veritenews.org/2025/06/13/t...

Recent blackouts raised questions over the vulnerability of New Orleans' power systems, especially as Louisiana contends with increasing risks to the grid from more intense storms and growing power demands from AI data centers. By @kjfernelius.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/06/04/e...

Lawsuit alleges Louisiana law undermines community air monitoring Environmental justice groups say the state law has a chilling effect on their work.

Environmental groups are suing over a new Louisiana law that makes it harder for residents to share data collected about air pollution near refineries and chemical plants. By @halleparker.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/05/23/l...

Politico union members allege these tools violated their contract in several ways, and are taking the dispute to arbitration this July.

Louisiana already has 4 LNG terminals. It just added another. The Trump administration fast-tracked the project approval, reversing a Biden directive. grist.org/energy/louis... #LNG #Louisiana #Climate #Gas #Environment #GreenSky

"We still need to know about the longevity of the immune response and what happens to people with long COVID. Unfortunately, that had to be shut down.” - @tulaneu.bsky.social researcher Story by @halleparker.bsky.social: veritenews.org/2025/05/14/l...

New Orleans residents may be ready for a new utility fee if it means they won’t have to sandbag their doors or race their cars to higher ground quite so often. veritenews.org/2025/05/12/n...

Recent polling shows more than half of residents support stormwater fees, new stormwater department.

Louisiana already has 4 LNG terminals. It just added another. The Trump administration fast-tracked the project approval, reversing a Biden directive. grist.org/energy/louis... #LNG #Biden #Gas #Climate #Louisiana

Months after the Trump ground refugee admissions to a halt, he is preparing to restart that effort — but only for one group: White South Africans. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A proposed liquified natural gas terminal in southwest Louisiana was the 5th LNG-related approval by the Trump administration. Trump aims to cut “red tape" around massive LNG export projects, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. lailluminator.com/2025/05/07/c...

Chicago's mayor has issued an official statement on the new pope: ‘Everything dope, including the Pope, comes from Chicago!’ www.aol.com/chicago-mayo...

On many nights, John Allaire can turn off the lights and keep reading a book by the glow of 80-foot-high flares blasting from a gas export terminal a mile away. grist.org/energy/louis...

Boosting the U.S.’s LNG export prowess is “part of one of the biggest fossil fuel build-outs in our lifetimes," said Ethan Nuss of @ran.org “This will deepen the climate crisis and lock us into decades of emissions." veritenews.org/2025/05/06/t...

This story by Katie for @veritenews.org is absolutely fantastic. I've been trying to get the city to give me documents related to this for six months and they keep postponing the date to release them. She absolutely nailed this story and I am very jealous veritenews.org/2025/05/01/n...

Internal emails show, and officials confirm, that the city gave Matt Wisdom’s team full access to residents’ personal information entered into its 311 system. veritenews.org/2025/05/01/n...

Mark Schleifstein won numerous awards for his reporting and writing on "Washing Away," a series about the growing vulnerability of New Orleans to hurricanes due to climate change. Then Hurricane Katrina hit and destroyed those awards. veritenews.org/2025/04/28/w...

The desert landscape at #SEJ2025

Fascinating visit to Liberty Wildlife rehab in Phoenix during #SEJ2025. National Native American feather repository, injured hawks and baby birds on the mend.

Really enjoyed interviewing my friend and former Times-Picayune colleague @mschleifstein.bsky.social for the latest installment of @veritenews.org's audio series on Hurricane Katrina: veritenews.org/2025/04/28/w...

I wrote about the Trump administration's War on Oil newrepublic.com/article/1943...

RESOURCE ALERT: Our colleagues at @pressfreedom.bsky.social have issued travel advice and detailed checklists for journalists traveling to or from the U.S. cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...

Surprise street flooding in New Orleans right now. Morning weather report showed little chance of rain. 🤷‍♂️

In @motherjones.com, my story about racial disparities in the petrochemical workforce: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Last year, Louisiana’s utility regulators approved a new program aimed at lowering energy consumption. This week, the program was terminated. By @halleparker.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/04/17/l...

People of color were underrepresented in all of the highest-paying jobs in the petrochemical industry, a new study says. Louisiana and Texas had “the most extreme disparities.” grist.org/equity/in-lo...

The Trump administration has asked the IRS to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status: wapo.st/4cKI9as

Trump administration says grants to Whitney Plantation highlighting Black history “no longer serves the interest of the United States.” veritenews.org/2025/04/16/t...