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Late amendment limits bill shielding companies from climate lawsuits
A late amendment filed last week could limit proposed legislation that shields Louisiana companies from climate-related lawsuits, The Center Square reports.
House Bill 804, known as the “Louisiana Energy Protection Act” and sponsored by Rep....
Louisiana funds $5.9 million in improvements at Port of Vinton to accelerate industrial growth
Louisiana Economic Development announced that it has finalized a $5.9 million FastSites investment to accelerate infrastructure improvements at the Port of Vinton site in Calcasieu Parish. The investment will advance improvements needed to support...
Dustin Davidson’s fix for a tangled agency
Since his appointment as secretary in September, Dustin Davidson has busily gone about the task of transforming the Department of Conservation and Energy by removing layers of unnecessary bureaucracy and beefing up key offices....
Shell’s Mars platform achieves 1 billion barrel milestone
Shell’s Mars platform in the Gulf recently reached a significant milestone, becoming the first offshore rig in the U.S. to produce 1 billion barrels of oil, Louisiana Economic Development announced Wednesday.
The success of the...
Legislators block bills that would have allowed parishes to ban CCS
Members of the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee blocked five separate measures that would have provided for local control over CCS in Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, St. Helena and Vernon parishes, The Center Square reports.
Speaker...
