Study finds ‘blue hydrogen’ process might create more emissions than natural gas
Hydrogen has come under new scrutiny following Gov. John Bel Edwards' announcement that Air Products plans to build a $4.5 billion "blue" hydrogen plant...
Congress weighs reinstating ‘superfund tax’ on chemical, oil industries
Congress is considering reviving taxes on the chemical and petroleum industries to pay for cleanup of polluted sites.
The taxes are meant to shift at...
Emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales under increased scrutiny
Oil and gas lease sales—one of the tent poles propping up Louisiana’s economy—are again under scrutiny from the Biden administration, report the Associated Press....
EPA unveils strategy to regulate ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, food
The Biden administration is launching a broad strategy to regulate industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from...
Port Fourchon rebuilds, but disappearing wetlands threaten its future
More than a month after Hurricane Ida hit the sprawling harbor of Port Fourchon, the destruction remains widespread even as a recovery effort continues...
Air Products to bring $4.5 billion clean energy complex to Ascension Parish
Air Products, an industrial gas company, is planning to build a $4.5 billion clean energy complex in Ascension Parish, according to a news release. Air Products...
American Commercial to pay $2 million to preserve New Orleans habitat after spill
Jeffersonville, Ind.-based American Commercial Barge Line LLC has agreed to acquire and preserve 649 acres of woodland wildlife habitat near New Orleans and pay...
Honoré calls on oil companies to seal abandoned wells
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré called on Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana’s Legislature to force oil companies to seal the roughly 4,600...
Turner Industries creates new spinoff to take advantage of renewables sector
Turner Industries has created a new subsidiary, Turner Industries Energy Services, that will focus on the growing renewable energy sector.
Like its parent company, the...
Firestone Polymers settles environmental claims at Sulphur rubber plant
Firestone Polymers LLC has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and several other federal and state environmental laws at the...
