Environmental

EPA delays plans to tighten air quality standards

The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower...

What exactly is green hydrogen and what can it be used for?

Green hydrogen is being touted around the world as a clean energy solution to take the carbon out of high-emitting sectors like transport and...

New Orleans firm to file class action suit following Marathon fire

A New Orleans law firm is drafting a class-action suit against Marathon, saying they received at least 50 calls after last week's refinery fire...

SunGas Renewables to revitalize shuttered Pineville facility as green methanol plant

Houston-based SunGas Renewables plans to revitalize the shuttered 1,300-acre International Paper mill in Pineville as a $2 billion green methanol plant, reports NOLA.com. Pineville Mayor...

ExxonMobil: Global emissions reduction effort not on track

ExxonMobil says the global effort to curtail greenhouse gas emissions isn’t on track to keep the planet’s temperature from rising beyond an increase of...

Ives to lead LSU’s Institute for Energy Innovation

LSU has named Brad Ives to lead its new Institute for Energy Innovation, which was launched last year with a $25 million investment from...

Following Los Alamos deal, Aptim ranks among best at environmental and nuclear management

Just a week after Aptim secured a contract to deactivate a nuclear facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the firm has ranked among the nation’s best companies...

Monarch Energy considering Ascension Parish for $426M ‘green’ hydrogen production plant

Hydrogen production company Monarch Energy announced last week that it is considering Ascension Parish as the location for a new $426 million facility. Monarch specializes...

Both energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan

The Biden administration’s plan to protect an endangered species of whale by scaling back an auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the...

Department of Energy awards nearly $5M to LSU-led consortium

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an LSU-led consortium a $4.9 million project to see if it is feasible to build a carbon...

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