Federal court greenlights FERC approval of CP2 LNG terminal and pipeline in Cameron Parish
A federal appeals court upheld FERC’s approval of Venture Global’s CP2 LNG terminal and pipeline in Cameron Parish, ruling the agency adequately considered environmental...
Plaquemines Parish’s coastal damage case against Chevron goes back to federal court
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has sent Plaquemines Parish’s $744.6 million coastal-damage case against Chevron back to a federal district judge and temporarily halted...
Atalco not yet fined over ‘red mud’ as talks continue
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality remains engaged in confidential settlement negotiations with Atalco over industrial "red mud" waste leaking from its Gramercy alumina...
Group seeks TRO to block Corps permitting for CF Industries project
A group of residents in the River Parishes have asked a federal court to block an expedited federal permit for a construction project that...
Supreme Court ruling to protect Roundup manufacturer from thousands of lawsuits
A Thursday Supreme Court ruling is expected to block thousands of lawsuits against the maker of Roundup for alledgedly failing to warn people the...
Insider loans given to state regulator, others by company overseeing orphan well program funding
A private organization entrusted with money intended to protect Louisiana from the cost of abandoned oil and gas wells used funds to make below-market...
Late amendment limits bill shielding companies from climate lawsuits
A late amendment filed last week could limit proposed legislation that shields Louisiana companies from climate-related lawsuits, The Center Square reports.
House Bill 804, known...
Bill to bar certain lawsuits tied to greenhouse gas emissions heads to full Senate
Fossil fuel companies and other entities would be protected from climate-related liability claims under a bill headed to the full Senate this week, The...
Notable BP Gulf project faces lawsuit over spill risk
The Trump administration's approval of BP’s Kaskida offshore drilling project, the first BP development in the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, is being...
Trump administration clean energy slowdown hits judicial roadblock
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Massachusetts blocked several Trump administration actions that would have slowed the development of clean energy, including a requirement...
