Air Products hires 25 lobbyists ahead of legislative session
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. hired 25 lobbyists ahead of the Louisiana Legislature’s regular session, reports WWNO. The Pennsylvania-based company and global leader in...
EPA head proposes new pollution cuts at chemical plants during Louisiana visit
EPA Administrator Michael Regan returned to Louisiana last week, announcing proposed new rules aimed at reducing pollution at more than 200 facilities nationwide as...
Scalise hopes energy bill will have life beyond the House
Passage of a comprehensive energy bill that would roll back environmental changes made by the Biden administration could create a revenue windfall for Louisiana,...
EPA proposes federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the first federal limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, saying it could prevent thousands of illnesses.
A group...
Federal offshore revenue sharing now top priority for House as committee advances bill
For the first time in a decade, a U.S. House committee advanced legislation last week that would increase the federal offshore royalties that Louisiana...
U.S. sues chemical company over cancer risk to Louisiana community
Federal officials sued a chemical maker last week, alleging that its plant presents an unacceptable cancer risk to a nearby majority-black south Louisiana community...
Feds consider first-ever offshore wind lease sale
The Biden administration says it is considering the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico, a key part of...
Louisiana joins 13-state offshore wind partnership
The White House announced last week that Louisiana and California have joined a pro-offshore wind development effort. The partnership now features 13 states, with Louisiana...
Natural Gas Export Expansion bill aims to increase LNG exports
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy last week joined Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, in...
Edwards criticizes EPA for slow approval of carbon reduction projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving too slowly to allow states to permit and oversee carbon-reduction projects, says Gov. John Bel Edwards...
