Environmental

Advance notices filed for new Exxon-affiliated recycling facility

Advance notices were filed with the state on Friday for a new recycling facility that would process plastics that are traditionally hard to break...

Hearings over CCUS regulatory primacy begin Wednesday in Baton Rouge

Louisiana residents will weigh in this week on the state’s bid to take over primary authority for permitting carbon capture wells. While opponents remain concerned about the...

Restrictions on carbon capture quashed in Louisiana Legislature

A handful of Louisiana lawmakers brought bills this session to address public outcry over carbon capture and sequestration projects, but their fellow legislators rejected...

LSU faculty drafts CCUS report, submits to EPA

In response to numerous inquiries regarding the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the 45Q tax credit, LSU faculty have collaborated on a brief...

Oxford report: Industry net-zero targets ‘mostly meaningless’

The number of fossil fuel companies setting net-zero emissions targets has risen sharply over the past year, but most fail to address key concerns,...

ExxonMobil signs carbon capture agreement with Nucor Convent

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions announced last week that its newest carbon capture and storage agreement with steel producer Nucor Corp. in Convent will capture,...

Louisiana has plugged 300 orphaned wells in 2023, but thousands remain

Contractors have plugged 300 orphaned well sites in Louisiana over the past 4½ months, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Department of Natural Resources Secretary...

Updated coastal plan calls for $50 billion in levee, restoration projects

The Louisiana House of Representatives unanimously approved the state’s updated coastal master plan last week, paving the way for $50 billion worth of wetland restoration...

Solar power investments globally set to overtake spending on oil production this year

Investments in solar power around the world are on course to overtake spending on oil production for the first time, the foremost example of...

Venture Global asks DEQ for permit increase at Calcasieu Pass

Virginia-based Venture Global LNG has asked the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to increase its pollutant-permitting allowances at its Calcasieu Pass plant, but environmental...

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