A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area...
Articles by Matthew Brown and Janet McConnaughey
A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New...
An oil tanker hit an offshore oil platform at night off Louisiana because its Turkish operating company didn’t give the...
Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion...
A small number of employees of Louisiana’s largest health system are suing to block a requirement that they get the...
A major manufacturer of synthetic rubber, Firestone Polymers LLC, has agreed to pay $4 million in fines and an environmental...
A fatal head-on crash between barges pushed by two towboats in Louisiana was caused by inadequate communication and failure to...
A lawsuit alleges that Louisiana’s largest electric utility used a “bubble gum and super glue” approach to maintenance and construction...
The bridge crew’s lack of attention to a cargo ship’s position let it drag anchor and hit another anchored ship...

Local prosecutors have reached a $2 million settlement with a New Orleans man who spent 23 years in prison before...