BATON ROUGE, La. — More than 100 abandoned oil wells, which can leak cancer-causing chemicals and threaten the environmental health of an area, in Louisiana have been plugged during the last two ...

Tens of thousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells sit idle across the United States. Known as orphan wells, they pose significant dangers to nearby residents and the environment after being ...

The federal government is establishing an office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites, a move that Louisiana officials say will likely speed the process of tackling the state’s growing ...

Imagine you’re alone on Ship Island, that sandy strip in the Gulf of Mexico. Or maybe you prefer Dauphin Island, settling into a comfy beach house, surf outside your door, seafood ready to grill ...

Find out more about our Reverse Course series here. As an oil worker and well site supervisor, Druis Trahan has seen a lot of abandoned wells. But each one is a little different. Today's job started ...

Louisiana's growing number of abandoned wells -- the state added an average of 170 per year from 2008 to 2013 -- highlight a problem expected to worsen the coming years in energy states, according to ...

HARVEY, La. — WWL Louisiana has reported on two house fires at abandoned homes in New Orleans this week. Well, it happened again this time at a house on the Westbank. According to Jefferson Parish, ...

Earlier this month, Companion Animal Alliance put out a last-ditch call for help. In a public statement, Baton Rouge’s only open-intake shelter said it was housing 323 dogs — nearly twice as many as ...

A house was found “abandoned” in the middle of a Louisiana road at 3:30 a.m. May 22, according to the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office photo A house was left in the ...

SLIDELL, La. (WWL) -- The Humane Society of Louisiana is offering a reward for the arrest of a man who abandoned a dog at a convenience store Monday in Slidell It happened at a gas station on Hwy. 11.