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]The Interior Department announced Friday that the sale of leases on 77.3 million acres off the Southeast coast for oil and gas exploration will occur on March 21.
[Read Article]Two years ago, in the spring of 2016, I happily joined hundreds of people as we stormed the Superdome to disrupt an auction of oil leases in our Gulf of…
[Read Article]A judge has rejected an environmental groups’ claim that Louisiana’s public record law applies to a private, for-profit company building a 163-mile-long crude oil pipeline which is planned to run…
[Read Article]Today, Louisiana groups argued before a state court that Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC’s (BBP) land grabs along the proposed pipeline route are subject to public records laws. The groups—including Atchafalaya…
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[Read More]Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit accusing a Louisiana pipeline company of refusing to hand over records about its claim to easements across hundreds of residents’ private properties.
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