EPA declares Baton Rouge’s Capital Lakes cleanup a national priority
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it is adding the Capitol Lakes cleanup to its national priorities list.
Adding the Superfund site to the list permanently commits the...
Louisiana challenges EPA rule cutting ozone-forming pollution across state lines
Louisiana has joined Texas in asking a federal appeals court to throw out a new Environmental Protection Agency plan implementing its own rules to cut...
Milestone Carbon evaluates Terrebonne Parish site for carbon sequestration
Milestone Carbon in Houston announced that it will review a potential site for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in Terrebonne Parish, reports Carbon Herald....
LSU report touts potential of planned carbon capture hub in Calcasieu Parish
A planned carbon capture and sequestration hub in Calcasieu Parish could abate some $11 billion in environmental damages over its lifetime, according to a new...
LSU researchers developing sensors to detect nuclear power leaks
LSU engineering researchers are developing sensors that could quickly detect nuclear power leaks with the help of a $500,000 grant from the federal Nuclear...
St. James residents sue parish over chemical plant pollution
Residents of St. James Parish filed a federal lawsuit last week raising allegations of civil rights, environmental justice and religious liberty violations, reports The...
More than 100 of state’s orphan wells plugged in last two months
More than 100 abandoned oil wells in Louisiana, which can leak chemicals and threaten the environmental health of an area, have been plugged during...
EPA proposes federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the first federal limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, saying it could prevent thousands of illnesses.
A group...
Brown resigns as DEQ secretary
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced recently that Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Chuck Carr Brown is resigning effective March 31.
Roger Gingles, LDEQ assistant secretary for...
Shell, Gulf Wind Technology partnering on $10 million wind power initiative at Avondale
New Orleans-based Gulf Wind Technology is partnering with Shell on a multimillion-dollar project to create a wind power research and technology program at the...
