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...
SLCC director represents Gulf Region at energy transition conference
South Louisiana Community College’s Tammie Moore recently represented Acadiana, Louisiana and the Gulf Region at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's workshop,...
‘Forever chemicals’ detected at five Louisiana sites along the Mississippi River
Some of the “forever chemicals” that scientists have linked to various health risks were found at five different locations of the Mississippi River in...
Auditor: ‘Ineffective internal audit function’ continues to plague DEQ
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s “ineffective internal audit function” is an ongoing problem that fails to ensure tax dollars are spent as they...
LSU first school to offer carbon capture concentration for engineering students
LSU is the first school in the country to offer a formal petroleum engineering concentration focusing in carbon capture, utilization and storage, the university...
New federal office to tackle Louisiana’s ‘orphan’ oil well problem
The federal government is establishing an office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites, a move that Louisiana officials say will likely...
Louisiana takes another swipe at more federal offshore cash
Parish presidents, police jurors, legislators, bureaucrats, U.S. representatives and U.S. senators are re-grouping after their initial failed attempt to get the Reinvesting In Shoreline...
Company with Louisiana project completes first CO2 direct-air capture
Startup Climeworks AG achieved an important milestone recently by successfully pulling CO2 from the open air and storing it underground for the first time, The Wall...
Study says ExxonMobil scientists knew of impending climate change
ExxonMobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions,...
Origin Materials lands $1.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds for Geismar facility
Origin Materials Inc. announced last week that the Louisiana State Bond Commission had unanimously granted final approval of up to $1.5 billion in tax-exempt...
