Janet McConnaughey

Associated Press

A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records that also show the spill was larger than previously reported.

Pipeline's Safeguards Not Working in Louisiana Diesel Spill

The spill sent 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a wetland.

Federal prosecutors say a New Orleans-based company has agreed to turn over a $432 million trust fund and pay $43 million to settle a lawsuit over cleaning up the nation's longest-running oil spill.

$475M Settlement Proposed in Longest-Running U.S. Oil Spill

It has been leaking since 2004.

Downed power lines slump over a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Reserve, La.

Lawsuit: Ida Outages Due to 'Gum and Super Glue' at Utility

About 902,000 customers lost power after the hurricane.

A Google Maps roadside view of Formosa Plastics' Point Comfort, TX facility.

Judge Drops Suit as Corps Reconsiders Plastics Complex

The conglomerate has plans to build a $9.4 billion plastics complex in the U.S.

Groups Challenge Plastics Plant Permits

They want to keep a Taiwanese company's plastics complex out of south Louisiana.

In this June 4, 2010, file photo, a worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La.

BP Oil Spill Cash Rebuilds

The island is being restored to nearly its former size after devastating offshore oil spill 10 years ago.

Groups Challenge Plastics Complex Permit

The Army Corps of Engineers is accused of failing to disclose environmental damage and public health risks, and of failing to adequately consider environmental damage from the Formosa Plastics plant.

Goodyear Tire I Stock

Goodyear to Pay $6.7M for Exploding Tire

Warnings about the possibility of serious injury from tire failure were reportedly embossed on the tire in the same color as the tire.

Lawmakers Back Fisheries Disaster Request

They claim that freshwater flooding into saltwater ecosystems has killed oysters, hurt fish catches and damaged livelihoods.

Hidden Oil Spill: Study Contradicts Owner's Claims

The company and scientists can't agree on how much oil is still leaking from a hurricane-induced spill in the Gulf of Mexico 14 years ago.

$1.5B in Tax Breaks for LA Plant

The incentives were developed to persuade a Taiwanese company to locate a $9.4 billion plastics complex along the Mississippi River.

Gulf Of Mexico With Ship 57bf06e488ef4

Dismal Time for Gulf Oil

A record low number of lease bids for oil and gas drilling reflects a tough outlook for offshore operations.