Melancon: Pipeline disputes could pose risks to Louisiana’s energy sector [Opinion]
Editor’s note: This is a guest column written by Charlie Melancon. The viewpoints expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect...
Louisiana’s carbon capture permitting authority challenged by enviro groups
Environmental groups have challenged the Biden administration’s decision to give primary permitting authority to Louisiana over the state’s carbon sequestration wells, Reuters reports.
The Deep...
Court reinstates Formosa’s St. James plant permit, but project economics remain bleak
Last week, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision and reinstated a permit for Formosa’s proposed petrochemical complex in St....
Louisiana federal judge blocks EPA’s disparate impact requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency can’t treat companies differently in Black communities than in white communities, a federal judge ruled this week.
U.S. District Court Judge...
Energy Transfer accused of boxing out Louisiana pipeline rivals
A natural gas pipeline developer is accusing Energy Transfer LP of “anticompetitive” behavior after the company denied three projects from crossing its pipelines in...
BP challenges FERC’s oversight of Venture Global LNG plant
BP PLC has challenged U.S. energy regulators' approvals of a Venture Global LNG liquefied natural gas export facility, arguing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
After Fifth Circuit ruling, Gulf lease sale scheduled for Dec. 20
After the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ order last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it scheduled Lease Sale 261...
Court halts rezoning for massive St. John grain elevator project
Opponents of a major industrial project in the River Parishes have scored a win in court, reports The Illuminator.
A state judge last week ordered...
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block trial for Louisiana coastal erosion case
A trial over alleged damage to the coast by oil companies in Cameron Parish will proceed as scheduled on Nov. 27 after the U.S....
Gulf oil and gas lease sale off again, pending a federal hearing
The upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species...
