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Tree suckers should be cut to protect tree's shape, energy | Home/Garden | theadvocate. com
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (364+ words) You may have seen small sprouts emerging from the base of a tree and thought little of them. But these shoots of new growth, known as suckers, actually are undesirable and should be removed whenever they appear. Suckers divert energy…...
Letters: Not so easy for camps to switch to solar
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (162+ words) I am writing in response to the May 7 letter related to camp electrical power. The writer, Mike Norton, made it sound so simple for the camps to switch to solar power. The main issue here is the state allowing the…...
Letters: Newspaper's editorial opinions should stay the course on Coastal Master Plan, science
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (271+ words) The Mississippi River and New Orleans The headline "La. should redouble coastal protection efforts" suggested continuity with that record. The substance did not. I read with profound disappointment an editorial offering volunteers bagging oyster shells as the antidote to studies…...
Piles of seaweed are flooding some Gulf Coast beaches. It's going to get worse this summer.
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (422+ words) The waves of summer visitors arriving at some Gulf Coast beaches this month are encountering a problem: Seaweed is everywhere." So much of it has washed up in recent days in Dauphin Island, Alabama, that some visitors have reported not…...
Louisiana still has a climate plan despite state's right-wing shift. Ditching it is not so simple.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1320+ words) A breakwater limestone rock barrier used to help slow coastal erosion is pictured along the Louisiana coast Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Grand Chenier, La. Three years ago, the administration of then-Gov. John Bel Edwards finished a broad…...
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1+ week, 2+ day ago (22+ words) The Advocate Volunteers help cleanup the Frenchmen Street Community Garden in New Orleans, Saturday, May 30, 2026....
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1+ week, 3+ day ago (29+ words) GIG 052926 Tree suckers3jpg The Advocate Damon Abdi, assistant professor of landscape horticulture with the LSU Ag Center Hammond Research Station, demonstrates how to remove suckers from a swamp maple....
Guest Column: More rigorous air monitoring isn't burdensome. It's common sense.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (585+ words) A boat passes Chalmette Refining along the Mississippi River on Friday, May 8, 2026. A fire broke out at the refinery Friday following an explosion. Just a month after Baton Rouge legislators rejected a fenceline monitoring bill, a Chalmette refinery explosion shook…...
Letters: Growth of data centers should prompt question about energy use
1+ week, 5+ day ago (194+ words) The rapid growth of data centers in Louisiana should concern all residents. While these facilities may create short-term economic opportunities, they also consume enormous amounts of water and electricity. Some data centers use millions of gallons of water daily to…...
Louisiana wants to build a 94-mile 'landbridge' to protect the coast. Is that even possible?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1495+ words) Looking west toward Barataria Bay near Port Sulphur, Friday, May 22, 2026. Deep in St. Bernard Parish, with newly restored marsh in the distance, Gov. Jeff Landry's point man on coastal projects talked up his vision for addressing the state's land loss…...