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New report on air pollution provides mixed picture across Louisiana
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (1104+ words) Provided by BRFD -- Baton Rouge Fire Department firefighters have been part of the team fighting the Beauregard Parish wildfires. Air quality in the Baton Rouge and Hammond metro areas has received failing grades for smog and fine particle pollution in…...
Modern birding involves sight, sound, new tech
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (685+ words) Louisiana State Parks Manager Daniel Goyer uses the e Bird app to identify a Kentucky Warbler by its unique song Saturday, April 11, 2026, during the Spring Bird Walk at the Port Hudson Historic Site. Louisiana State Parks Manager Daniel Goyer uses…...
Letters: French Quarter Fest modeled sustainability
16+ hour, 28+ min ago (193+ words) During French Quarter Fest I had the privilege of assisting with the recycling and composting effort led by the local organization REALCYCLE. Kudos to French Quarter Fest management for dedicating resources so that attendees could recycle bottles and cans as…...
Letters: Stop pretending there is a responsible way to use AI
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (382+ words) As a creative teen who specializes in art and writing, I have had growing concerns over AI and its progression. AI is influencing a variety of industries and responsibilities in ways that appear revolutionary to many, but is truly diminishing…...
UL to unveil new Fab Lab with resources to help local entrepreneurs bring ideas to life
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (147+ words) LEED Center to unveil Fab Lab Friday'The Advocate The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Louisiana Entrepreneurship & Economic Development Center and Office of Innovation Management will hold a ribbon-cutting for its new fabrication laboratory. The LEED center will open the REDII…...
Here's how Baton Rouge residents can safely dispose of hazardous household materials
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (130+ words) Workers sort various paint products into containers during the Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day on the LSU campus a few years ago. The annual hazardous materials collection day returns to LSU on May 9. East Baton Rouge Parish residents can bring…...
Letters: Science as a public duty: What Louisiana is getting right
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (372+ words) Louisianians deserve the best science their state can produce, research that reaches into their communities, reflects their lives, and gives back longer lives, better health and real hope. Louisiana's Clinical and Translational Science Center, LA Ca TS, was built on…...
Louisiana groups win $40 million to develop solutions for post-storm power, abandoned oil platforms
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (674+ words) Two Louisiana projects addressing post-storm electricity shortages and abandoned'offshore oil platforms'have won a $50 million contest aimed at funding scientific initiatives in the region. The two winning groups " the Louisiana Public Health Institute and the Gulf Offshore Research Institute " will each…...
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6+ day, 3+ hour ago (39+ words) The Advocate Maylee Sun, a biology masters degree student, talks about the coastal restoration research she is working on using mangrove trees Friday, April 24, 2026, at the UL Lafayette Ecology Center in Lafayette, La....
New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts
1+ week, 1+ day ago (663+ words) The authors looked at all sizes of flooding and examined separately what FEMA considers the most extreme, which are the top 1% of events. The study found 4. 3 million people along the coasts to be at the highest level of risk of…...