Environmental

Is transparency lacking around Louisiana carbon capture projects?

Two dozen carbon capture projects are proposed in Louisiana, but figuring out where exactly companies plan to inject carbon dioxide for storage is a...

Should alternative energy production royalties help fund coastal restoration?

Lawmakers are considering letting voters decide whether royalties on alternative energy production should be redirected to Louisiana’s coastal restoration fund, The Center Square reports. House Bill 300,...

Two toxic incidents in Louisiana are under federal investigation

Two separate incidents where Baton Rouge-area industrial facilities accidentally released toxic chemicals will be investigated by a federal agency, which could lead to safety...

How Louisiana is working to escape-proof carbon sequestration

Louisiana has the ideal geology for carbon sequestration, but an abundance of existing oil and gas wells and the inability of industry to detect...

LNG permit freeze challenged by 16 states in lawsuit

Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other U.S. states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going...

The Water Campus is a decade old. What has it accomplished?

It has been a decade since community leaders and local and state government officials gathered at the old municipal dock overlooking the Mississippi River...

Louisiana lands first Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone

Louisiana has landed its first Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone site, in Richland Parish, for woody biomass. U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., and others say the...

Who will pay for charging stations for electric big rigs?

A new federal initiative aims to speed up and better coordinate the rollout of charging and refueling stations for zero-emission big rigs, but industry...

CIP, Lotte Chemical to partner on blue and green ammonia

Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners last week unveiled a memorandum of understanding with Korean chemical company Lotte Chemical Corp to partner on clean...

Senators propose new bill to reverse Biden’s LNG pause

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and John Barrasso introduced legislation that would require the Department of Energy to approve all LNG exports, effectively reversing President...

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