This Baton Rouge firm will decommission a nuclear reactor in Alaska
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Baton Rouge-based environmental solutions firm Aptim a contract to decommission and dismantle the reactor facility located...
Tri-state HALO Hydrogen Hub not selected to receive IIJA funding
The Biden administration is directing $7 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law to build seven regional hydrogen power hubs in 16 states, reports Louisiana...
Billions of dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells will only make...
An infusion of federal money has helped Louisiana plug nearly 500 abandoned oil and gas wells this year, reports Louisiana Illuminator.
That number doesn’t come...
Carbonvert, Castex sign deal for offshore CO2 storage near Cameron Parish
Carbonvert and Castex Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary Castex Carbon Solutions, have executed an operating agreement with the State of Louisiana to develop...
A look at LSU’s $3 million grant to research and plug methane-leaking oil wells
An LSU professor has been awarded a $3 million grant to research and plug the state’s 450 orphan oil wells leaking methane gas.
The project,...
First Solar breaks ground on $1.1 billion solar manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish
A $1.1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility broke ground last week in Iberia Parish. The facility, First Solar’s fifth fully vertically integrated factory of...
ExxonMobil played both sides with regard to climate change, report alleges
ExxonMobil issued its first public statement that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change in 2006. Also, In public forums, the company argued that...
Where Louisiana stands in the nationwide energy transition
Louisiana will soon mark the seventh annual National Clean Energy Week. While the state’s renewable power industry is slightly behind that of most other states,...
Chemical safety board applauds EPA hydrogen fluoride initiative
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) applauded the EPA's updated National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives, which continue its focus on reducing...
As EPA drowns in CCS applications, oil states want to take control
EPA is buried under a mountain of permit applications from companies that want to store carbon dioxide underground, reports E&E News.
In little more than...
