Landry asks Biden to recognize natural gas as clean energy
Gov. Jeff Landry has issued an executive order declaring natural gas to be clean energy and requesting that the Biden administration lift all rules...
State board extends ITEP emergency rule another 180 days
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry extended the Industrial Tax Exemption Program emergency rule, which was set to expire last week. The renewal...
Two more governors join energy coalition co-founded by Gov. Landry
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves last week joined the Governors’ Coalition for Energy Choice.
The coalition was formed by Gov. Jeff Landry...
Louisiana is included in the Biden administration’s latest round of EV battery funding
The Biden administration is awarding over $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric...
Why are so many top administrators at LDEQ exiting?
A top official at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has transferred out of the agency, marking the latest of at least five high-level...
What does LED’s restructuring entail?
Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois began an internal restructuring of the department in January when she stepped into her new role. She spoke...
A potential dockworker strike looms over U.S. ports
Efforts to avoid a dockworker walkout at some of the busiest seaports in the U.S. are entering a crucial phase, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Union officials...
Greenfield halts plan to build $800M terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish
Greenfield Louisiana LLC announced last week that it would no longer build its proposed $800 million grain export facility near a historically Black community...
Senate energy panel advances bipartisan bill overhauling energy permitting
A bipartisan bill overhauling the process of gaining federal approval for energy projects was advanced by the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...
See energy and environmental highlights from the last legislative session
A number of new laws impacting energy production and environmental regulation came out of the recently concluded Louisiana legislative session.
Local firm Kean Miller breaks...
