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]Louisiana Water Protectors Monitor Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Amidst Flaccid State Oversight
While an injunction has halted construction in the fragile Atchafalaya Basin, work on Energy Transfer Partners’ Bayou Bridge Pipeline continues throughout southern Louisiana.
[Read More]Newly released documents reveal that Louisiana state intelligence officers surveilled community groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline and that regulators used language written by Energy Transfer Partners representatives in…
[Read More]Environmental groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline project say the state has had a too-cozy relationship with Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of the pipeline — while shunning…
[Read Article]Opposition to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continued to smolder Thursday morning as a group of activists turned their sights again on Gov. John Bel Edwards.
[Read Article]Shortly after the controversial Bayou Bridge pipeline received its final major permit to begin construction in Louisiana, the head of the state’s Homeland Security office forwarded seemingly benign details on…
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