Homework: The Louisiana Department of Education is launching an online tool designed to help families evaluate schools and child care centers. Louisiana School Finder will be unveiled on Tuesday with the release of school performance scores and early childhood performance profiles. Information available will include assessment results, graduation rates, college enrollment, teacher workforce, and lists of clubs and extracurricular activities. Get more information.
Up and down: The continual loss of Louisiana wetlands could bring about a short-lived surge of the state’s blue crab population, according to the preliminary findings of a Water Institute of the Gulf and University of Southern Mississippi study. The Courier reports adult blue crabs prefer to stay on the edge of a marsh where they can easily find food and move around. More edges are created as marshland erodes, attracting more crustaceans. Crab populations, however, drop as marshes continue to erode because there’s less land and plants and more open water. Read more.
Shipping it out: Cheniere set a record for U.S. LNG exports in October, moving 19 loaded vessels through its Sabine Pass facility to surpass the previous record of 18 in May, The American Press reports. Being the first company in the contiguous U.S. to secure a share of the LNG export market has proved advantageous for the Houston-based company. It allowed Cheniere to secure long-term contracts before the market oversupply caused prices to drop and made such contracts nearly impossible to get. Read more.
