Millions of deaths every year are the result of air pollution, according to the World Health Organization. It’s tied to health conditions like lung disease, stroke, and cancer. In one part of ...

Pregnant women living in parts of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ are far more likely to give birth prematurely and to babies that have low birth weight compared to women living outside the state, ...

In Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” where the air is thick with pollutants and asthma rates are alarmingly high, a troublesome irony is unfolding. This region is home to sprawling petrochemical plants and ...

Pam Spees speaks in New Orleans during a press conference following a hearing addressing environmental racism in Cancer Alley in October 2024. (Sabrina Canfield/Courthouse News) A press conference ...

Three community groups in St. James Parish asked a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against the local government on Monday. The lawsuit seeks to pause the construction of new chemical ...

I recently visited my family church, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. This was my first time in the River Parishes, part of Louisiana nationally known as “Cancer Alley.” The moment I stepped out ...

Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the case over a Louisiana parish’s allegedly racist land use plan. A landmark environmental racism case that will impact ...

A January report from the Human Rights Watch organization found that a particular region in Louisiana called “Cancer Alley,” an 85-mile stretch of road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, harms ...