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...
Air Products sues Livingston Parish over carbon capture moratorium
Air Products, a Pennsylvania-based company looking to store industrial carbon dioxide emissions under Lake Maurepas, is suing the Livingston Parish Council for attempting to...
DEQ fines Drax record $3.2 million for pollution at N. Louisiana wood pellet mills
The company that runs Britain’s biggest power station has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle air pollution claims against two of its wood...
Louisiana parishes reject $100 million settlement for coastal erosion
A proposed $100 million settlement in a lawsuit against energy company Freeport-McMoRan over alleged damage to the coast continues to unravel, most recently with...
FBI warns of drone risk after detections at Louisiana chemical facilities
Drones have been spotted flying over Louisiana chemical facilities and a pipeline over the past year and a half, prompting an FBI warning last...
Feds raid QuarterNorth Energy’s Lafayette office in spill probe
Federal investigators raided a deepwater oil explorer’s Louisiana office last week as part of a probe into an offshore spill, a rare escalation for...
