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LSU lands grant to research carbon conversion technology

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced in a press release last week that the National Science Foundation is awarding LSU a nearly $4 million...

Bollinger Shipyards sites re-open after Hurricane Ida

Bollinger Shipyards sites in Port Fourchon, Larose, Lockport and Houma suffered significant damage from Hurricane Ida, but are all now back up and running,...

ExxonMobil names Thomas-Martin as Plastics Plant manager

ExxonMobil recently announced that Kristin Thomas-Martin has been named manager of its Baton Rouge Plastics Plant. Thomas-Martin replaces Angela Zeringue, who has been named...

BASF Geismar lands BRAC’s Diversity Star award

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber recently announced recipients of its Diversity Star Award during its sixth annual Diversity in Business event. Among the award...

Nucor Steel withdraws expansion plan for St. James Parish plant

Nucor Steel has withdrawn its Title V permit application for a major expansion of its pelletizer plant in St. James Parish, just one year...

Mitsubishi Chemical plans $920 million Louisiana resin plant

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings plans to spend $920 million to build a new resin materials plant in Louisiana, reports Reuters. The company aims to start...

ExxonMobil considering net-zero carbon pledge

ExxonMobil Corp is considering a pledge to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, in what would amount to a significant strategic...

Calcasieu hosts first-of-its-kind cybersecurity summit

Dozens of area officials participated in a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity summit on Aug. 3 at the McNeese Seed Center in Lake Charles, reports KPLC TV....
Safety

OSHA Region 6 begins ‘confined space’ enforcement

OSHA's Region 6 office, which includes Louisiana, launched a regional emphasis program (REP) on July 23 to enforce the agency’s permit-required confined spaces standard...

Report finds industry biggest source of state’s carbon emissions

On July 29, the Climate Initiatives Task Force reviewed an official report on the state’s emissions that revealed that the industrial sector is the...

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