Oil, gas developers on solar quest
Geologist Kirk Barrell has been on the hunt for oil and gas pockets across Louisiana for decades, but now he's searching for land to...
New Orleans City Council considers opposing Formosa plant
The New Orleans City Council is considering a resolution opposing a massive Taiwanese plastics facility in St. James Parish, reports NOLA.com.
The resolution won’t likely...
AmSty facility would recycle its own plastic products
AmSty's styrene production facility in St. James is considering a 100-ton-per-day advanced recycling plant for polystyrene, reports The Advocate.
The owners are conducting a feasibility...
Houma’s Blue Works facility to become hub for marine innovation
State and local dignitaries commemorated the start of construction on LUMCON’s Blue Works facility in Houma on April 5, according to a press release.
Blue...
Cabot Corp. completes air emissions project in Franklin
Cabot Corporation announced April 1 that it had successfully completed a major air emissions control project at its carbon black manufacturing facility in Franklin,...
Louisiana to receive $110M in GOMESA funds
Louisiana and its parishes will receive more than $109.9 million for coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security...
Edwards says shift to renewable energy will take decades
Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana is moving away from oil and gas and toward renewable energy, reports KLFY News. Edwards says recent actions...
API pivots, endorses pricing of carbon dioxide emissions
The oil and gas industry’s top lobbying group has endorsed a federal price on carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, a reversal...
Marathon’s Garyville plant earns ENERGY STAR certification
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced March 25 that Marathon Petroleum Corp. of Garyville, La., is among 95 facilities nationwide to earn ENERGY...
Bill could make Louisiana a hub for carbon capture and sequestration
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the nation’s first comprehensive carbon dioxide infrastructure package, which could make...
