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Nucor Steel has withdrawn its Title V permit application for a major expansion of its pelletizer plant in St. James Parish, just one year...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....
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...
LSU, Tech create industry co-op research center
LSU and Louisiana Tech University announced in a July 28 press release the creation of the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA), the...
CITGO Lake Charles conducts ‘Worst Case Drill’
The CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a "Worst Case Drill" in July in order to prepare and train employees, reports KTBS News.
The plant...
State’s revenue recovery hampered by oil and gas slump, tourism
Despite historic declines at the beginning of 2020 as COVID-19 spread and slowed the economy, tax revenues for most states rebounded by the end...
