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Sierra Club: Meta facility should be re-classified as a major source of air pollution
The Sierra Club says that Meta's Hyperion facility in Richland Parish should have been classified as a major source of air pollution rather than receiving a less restrictive minor source permit, Louisiana Illuminator reports. The environmental...
U.S. to ban exports of lithium-ion battery scrap to reduce reliance on China
The U.S. will ban exports of certain lithium-ion battery scrap and tungsten waste for one year starting later this month, requiring those materials to be sold domestically to strengthen national defense supply chains.
The policy...
Building a space port in Louisiana just got easier
As local officials and residents alike speculate about a space company acquiring land in marshy, hurricane-vulnerable Vermilion Parish, a Federal Aviation Administration proposal would ease constraints on any projects by significantly streamlining the permitting process, reports...
SSE Steel Fabrication’s humanoid robot pilot program gets underway
If everything goes as planned, a humanoid robot will walk onto the shop floor of SSE Steel Fabrication’s 14-acre campus in Lower St. Bernard later this year, reports Biz New Orleans.
When it does, it...
Atalco not yet fined over ‘red mud’ as talks continue
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality remains engaged in confidential settlement negotiations with Atalco over industrial "red mud" waste leaking from its Gramercy alumina refinery into public waterways, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
Meanwhile, a federal judge has...
