Both energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan
The Biden administration’s plan to protect an endangered species of whale by scaling back an auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the...
Department of Energy denies environmentalists’ LNG regulations request
The U.S. Department of Energy last week denied a request from several environmental advocacy groups demanding the agency issue regulations that clearly define whether...
LLOG Exploration agrees to $3.1 million oil leak settlement
Covington-based LLOG Exploration has reached a tentative $3.1 million settlement with the federal government over a 2017 Gulf of Mexico oil leak, reports 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...
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...
U.S. sues chemical company over cancer risk to Louisiana community
Federal officials sued a chemical maker last week, alleging that its plant presents an unacceptable cancer risk to a nearby majority-black south Louisiana community...
Towing vessel pilot never reported hitting bridge in Louisiana
A Louisiana barge-towing vessel struck and damaged a bridge in 2021 but the vessel’s pilot never reported it to authorities, the National Transportation Safety...
States sue to block DOL rule permitting ESG investing
Twenty-five states, two oil-services companies and an oil and natural gas advocacy group filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Thursday against the Department...
ExxonMobil sues to block EU windfall tax
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil...
Coastal erosion suits to be tried in state, not federal, courts
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said last week that coastal erosion lawsuits filed by Louisiana...
