Josie Abugov

5 days ago | nola.com | Sophie Kasakove |Josie Abugov

New Orleans-area leaders and emergency management experts are grappling with uncertainty and anxiety this hurricane season as the Trump administration moves to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Since his election, President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA entirely.

6 days ago | nola.com | Josie Abugov

Elizabeth Robinson enters a cool, damp room with fluorescent lights and dozens of large plastic bags holding liquid ranging from pastel yellow to dark rust. It's not the typical image associated with Louisiana's oyster industry. But the lab and its process of growing algae play a key role in the nascent off-bottom oyster farming industry that's been expanding on and around Grand Isle over the past few years. Oysters feed on algae, explained Robinson.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Josie Abugov

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2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Josie Abugov

A group of environmental advocacy organizations across Louisiana filed a federal lawsuit against the state on Thursday over a law that they say "effectively bans" community groups from publicly sharing their air pollution monitoring findings or advocating for redress. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, the lawsuit opposes the Louisiana Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act, signed by Gov. Jeff Landry last year.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Josie Abugov

More than three dozen local and state police officers patrolled the New Orleans Lakefront by helicopter, drone, boat and horse on Sunday. But, aside from a few families and stray joggers, the Mother's Day crowds officers were supposed to monitoring were virtually nonexistent at the typically lively holiday hangout. It was the second time this year that the scenic area was manned with heightened security following a push by a top advisor to Gov.