Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
[Read Article]The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also called FERC, is involved in deciding where LNG facilities and pipelines will be located. FERC usually meets in Washington, D.C., but representatives came to…
[Read Article]Billions in tax incentives from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program have failed to produce job and income growth in Louisiana, according a new report from independent research firm Ohio River…
[Read Article]It has been nearly three years since international leaders formed the historic Paris climate agreement, laying the groundwork to bolster the world’s response to global warming beginning in 2020.
[Read Article]Louisiana has over 100,000 miles of pipeline, and the most recent addition, the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, is causing major headaches for homeowners along the route.
[Read Article]Construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline through sensitive coastal lands continued Monday despite a state judge’s ruling that the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources illegally issued a permit for it.
[Read Article]This week the Louisiana legislature advanced a bill that stiffens penalties for damaging gas and oil pipelines and creates new crimes related to conspiracy to trespass on pipeline property.
[Read Article]A Louisiana judge recently ruled that the state regulators violated guidelines when it issued Energy Transfer Partners’ controversial Bayou Bridge pipeline a coastal use permit.
[Read Article]It takes less than a minute to plow down a cypress tree that’s been standing in this swamp for decades or longer.
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