Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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A new era dawns for America’s disappearing wetlands as feds retreat from oversight
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — On a sunny spring day on a farm outside St. Louis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee
A Mississippi flood relief project could harm 90,000 acres of valuable wetlands. Is it worth the tradeoff?
ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Anderson Jones first remembers his home flooding in 1973, when water from the nearby Mississippi River blanketed
‘A living laboratory’: An accidental delta taught Louisiana scientists how to rebuild wetlands
ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya
U.S. butterfly population declined 22 percent in two decades
Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss and a warming climate
Mississippi River cities brace for still-rising floodwaters, laud success of some mitigation measures
Cities along the Mississippi River are closing their flood gates and preparing for water to continue to rise after four
Mississippi River officials concerned about federal funding cuts
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — A Mississippi River Commission official is warning of a potential backlog for flood control work as
‘Solar for Y’all’ faces hazy future in Louisiana
The future of millions of dollars in funding to help low-income Louisiana residents access solar energy has grown increasingly
Mississippi River mayors lobby for more government funding for flooding, mitigation
Mississippi River levels have risen in the lower basin again, as annual snowmelt makes its way south. Mayors of cities
Forest Service is cutting down more trees, despite their ability to sequester carbon
Environmental advocates challenge national timber target
Proposed legislation aims to protect Mississippi River fisheries
A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded
Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. They also contribute to emissions when lost.
Louisiana’s wetlands are vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that accelerate global warming,
Bogs sink carbon dioxide ‘like no ecosystem on Earth,’ but many are at risk of being drained
Bogs_RADIO0:00/2221× Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the earth's carbon dioxide. But even as
