Oil industry opposes proposed royalty increase
New proposals by the Biden administration and Congress could have a major impact on Louisiana's oil and gas industry, reports Houma Today.
On Nov. 26, ...
Air Products earns top sustainability listing, but how clean is blue hydrogen?
Pennsylvania-based industrial gas company Air Products, which in October announced plans for a massive $4.5 billion blue hydrogen complex in Ascension Parish, was listed...
Entergy Louisiana signs three deals with solar energy producer
Renewable energy provider D. E. Shaw Renewable has signed three solar power off-take agreements with Entergy Louisiana. The multimillion dollar solar facilities will be built...
Ascension school superintendent: CF Industries deal would create growth
Ascension Parish Public Schools Superintendent David Alexander says he believes an 80 percent property tax abatement for CF Industries’ proposed “green ammonia” nitrogen complex...
New ULL extension service to help state reach carbon neutrality
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is establishing an extension service to help the state meet objectives for reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions,...
Edwards reaches global stage on climate change
With last week's trip to an international climate change conference in Scotland, Gov. John Bel Edwards acknowledged the problems of a warming planet while...
Study finds ‘blue hydrogen’ process might create more emissions than natural gas
Hydrogen has come under new scrutiny following Gov. John Bel Edwards' announcement that Air Products plans to build a $4.5 billion "blue" hydrogen plant...
Congress weighs reinstating ‘superfund tax’ on chemical, oil industries
Congress is considering reviving taxes on the chemical and petroleum industries to pay for cleanup of polluted sites.
The taxes are meant to shift at...
Emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales under increased scrutiny
Oil and gas lease sales—one of the tent poles propping up Louisiana’s economy—are again under scrutiny from the Biden administration, report the Associated Press....
EPA unveils strategy to regulate ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, food
The Biden administration is launching a broad strategy to regulate industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from...
