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Author: Terry L. Jones for Floodlight

Louisiana could be out billions, if controversial coastal-restoration stalls

November 11, 2024 Updated November 10, 2024
The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.

Unlikely alliance forms to boost community air monitoring in Louisiana

September 20, 2024 Updated September 24, 2024
A bulk storage facility plans to join with activists from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in St. Rose, a ‘Cancer Alley’ community.

Public outcry against carbon capture in Louisiana growing

December 21, 2023 Updated December 21, 2023
Some activists worry that the daytime state task force hearings in Baton Rouge on the issue are missing important voices from affected Black communities

Offshore wind workforce a weak link in plan to build out renewables

April 25, 2023 Updated April 25, 2023

Tax incentives start rush for carbon capture projects

March 28, 2023 Updated March 28, 2023
For years, fossil fuel companies have been reluctant to build carbon capture facilities, except to recover oil, because it was too expensive. Now, with the aid of a federal tax credit in the 2022 federal Inflation Reduction Act, they are lining up to capture and store carbon with the potential to make billions of dollars in profit.

Bill would end eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines

March 13, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023
Fears of explosions prompt CO2 pipeline bill.

New state utility regulator wants to reduce rates, introduce renewable mandates

February 17, 2023 Updated February 18, 2023
Many see Lewis’ victory as a sign of shifting politics around renewable energy in a state where, traditionally, fossil fuels have ruled. 

Gas export terminals pose a growing and invisible threat: air pollution

February 6, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023
Residents around existing LNG facilities in Louisiana already notice the smell and irritants from nearby terminals. With more under construction, air quality is poised to worsen.

Nonprofits have committed to helping clean up a ‘dirty little secret’ of the oil and gas industry

November 1, 2022 Updated October 31, 2022
There are more than 4,600 abandoned and orphaned wells in Louisiana.  

What’s hindering Louisiana’s shift toward more renewable energy? Voters say their congressional leaders

September 21, 2022 Updated September 21, 2022
Survey finds that nearly half of Louisiana voters support renewables, but most believe that politicians' ties to industry is a roadblock to shifting away from oil and gas.

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