Oil, gas companies could pay higher royalties under proposed rule
Oil and gas companies would have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned...
Venture Global gets lion share of ITEP tax breaks
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry approved more than $187 million worth of industrial tax exemptions on Friday in its first meeting since...
Carbon capture portrayed as a lynchpin to Louisiana’s economic future at EPA hearings
Allowing the state of Louisiana to regulate the injection of carbon dioxide underground would continue a pattern of systemic harm to residents already burdened...
Offshore wind projects near Lake Charles get BOEM green light
The work of surveying the Gulf of Mexico for offshore wind farms near Lake Charles and Galveston will have no significant impact on the environment,...
Hearings over CCUS regulatory primacy begin Wednesday in Baton Rouge
Louisiana residents will weigh in this week on the state’s bid to take over primary authority for permitting carbon capture wells.
While opponents remain concerned about the...
Corporate franchise tax would disappear under legislation approved by state lawmakers
Louisiana’s corporate franchise tax – which business lobbyists have been trying to kill for years – would be phased out under a bill given...
Restrictions on carbon capture quashed in Louisiana Legislature
A handful of Louisiana lawmakers brought bills this session to address public outcry over carbon capture and sequestration projects, but their fellow legislators rejected...
LSU faculty drafts CCUS report, submits to EPA
In response to numerous inquiries regarding the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the 45Q tax credit, LSU faculty have collaborated on a brief...
LNG lobbyists ghost wrote Louisiana officials’ letters supporting gas storage project
In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected...
Air Products’ carbon capture PR blitz extends to Baton Rouge Rotary
Wells used to capture and store carbon produced in industrial processes don’t threaten freshwater aquifers and would be closely monitored for decades past their...
