This south Louisiana solar farm is expected to begin producing energy in 2025
In 2021, it was announced that DEMCO had entered into a deal with NextEra Energy to develop a 100 MW, $160 million solar farm in Tangipahoa Parish—the Amite...
Environmental advocates push DEQ not to renew Formosa project’s air permit
Environmental law advocates have asked the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality not to renew the air permits for a planned Formosa plastics manufacturing facility...
Shaw Group, Liberty Mutual reach $1.1M settlement in long-standing dispute
The Shaw Group Inc., an energy services firm founded by prominent Baton Rouge businessman Jim Bernhard, has agreed to pay Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance...
Court won’t block federal rule on emissions at Denka’s LaPlace facility
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has refused to block a new federal rule requiring Denka Performance Elastomers to dramatically limit the release of...
Supreme Court upends 40-year-old Chevron decision, considered a win for business interests
The Supreme Court last week upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace...
State utility regulators allow industrial companies to get solar from non-utilities
Frustrated with the lack of renewable energy from utilities in Louisiana, some of the largest corporations doing business in the state have banded together...
Davante Lewis: If Louisiana wants to be like Texas, it must embrace solar
In recent years, there has been talk in Louisiana of a so-called “Industrial Renaissance”—a boom in economic development along the industrial corridor stretching from...
Louisiana joins coalition of states pushing back against green energy transition
Louisiana has joined a 19-state coalition challenging a federal agency requiring states to implement a “green energy” transition, The Center Square reports.
Led by Texas,...
Louisiana Survey: See what residents are saying about energy, environment
Findings from LSU’s 2024 Louisiana Survey show that Louisiana residents support expanding fossil fuels and renewable energy resources.
In the third and final report from the survey,...
Texas to offer 1.1 million acres of offshore tracts for carbon sequestration leases
Texas plans to put 1.1 million acres of state waters and bays along the Gulf of Mexico up for bid, targeting parties interested in...
