Louisiana Politicians Cheered This Court Ruling. Their Constituents May Regret It.

In the national screaming and cheering June 30 when the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled only Congress can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, Louisianans might have missed another sound. It was the hammering of...

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Louisiana Has the Most to Lose from Emissions, but Won’t Kick the Habit

So, you just stopped at a red light to find one of those ubiquitous panhandlers begging for a donation. But this one has a very different sign: Fighting lung cancer. Need money for cigarettes. Well, that’s the message Louisiana is sending...

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