This week, after years of study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers green-lighted a massive Mississippi River diversion project, part of Louisiana’s 50-year plan to protect and rebuild its rapidly ...

William (Rocky) Kistner Special to the Post-DispatchJun 13, 2024 This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. ST. LOUIS — Robin Proudie remembers working concessions at the old Busch ...

Healthy cypress forests like the one pictured here at Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana, are part of what makes the Atchafalaya Basin a jewel of biodiversity. BRYAN TARNOWSKI FOR HUFFPOST Louisiana’s ...

The author, Carlos Carabaña, in the field. For the story, his team worked more than seven months, obtained various confidential documents and archival video, took 10 field trips and interviewed 30 ...

By Rocky Kistner. If pictures are worth a thousand words, what are videos worth? Whatever the answer, most will surely agree these nine short videos are priceless, representing the first-place winners ...

Extreme heat is increasingly a serious public health issue in many parts of the world, including in Jackson, Mississippi. 2°C Mississippi, a Jackson-based climate change organization, is collaborating ...

Days after Hurricane Ida roared through coastal Louisiana, sending a 12-foot storm surge rushing across the marshlands south of New Orleans, Plaquemines Parish Fire Department Capt. Kevin Coleman was ...

Experts say there are financial speed bumps ahead for environmental startups like Dayts, especially as Israel endures an unprecedented period of political unrest. Michael Ofran, a fruit and vegetable ...

Cover crops have been growing in popularity in recent years as a method of improving soil health, saving money, and both adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. Government programs ...

Community leader Kindra Arnesen celebrates court ruling against Chevron, halt to Mississippi River diversion project ROCKY KISTNER APR 22, 2025 Kindra Arnesen and her Louisiana fishing community have ...

Following climate change science is like tracking a snake, slithering along a rocky path that disappears into the dark crevasses of the unknown. Every once in a while, in the chance of a successful ...

Maclean: There are so many angles I would have kept following, if only I had had more time.. SEJournal: What lessons have you learned from your story or project?. Maclean: To focus on people when ...