West Bank residents fighting the gigantic Greenfield Grain Terminal are heartened by news from the National Park Service, which will spend the next year considering a largely rural, 14-mile stretch of Great River Road for a prestigious historical designation.
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A known risk: How carbon stored underground could find its way back into the atmosphere
Orphaned wells, which weren’t properly plugged and abandoned, are more likely pathways for CO2 leaks. And state databases show seven orphaned wells within the townships slated to provide underground carbon-dioxide storage for Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal.
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Marathon proves why it was the last refinery built in the U.S.
Noxious refinery fire deals another blow to Garyville neighbors, weary of fighting harmful emissions. Across the river, the blaze strengthens neighbors’ commitment to block the introduction of industry there.
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Neighbors weary of oil raining from S&WB Carrollton plant
Every month for past four months, a decade-long malfunction has returned, covering nearby blocks with dime-sized drops of oil.
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‘Addressing our coastal crisis head-on’
Though serious concerns remain about fresh water altering coastal ecology, the hope is that Louisiana ultimately could create more coastal land than it loses, with this $2.9 billion diversion of lower Mississippi River.
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‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquified natural gas took over the Gulf Coast
The U.S. is now the world’s top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price –through pollution, noise, and destruction of this area’s longtime way of life.
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‘Dead Zone’ smaller than average, but still almost as big as Yellowstone Park
Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year
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LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated
High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
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Louisiana’s new fossil-fuel plants have no trouble getting property insurance — despite disappearing policies for state residents.
Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
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Groups seek federal intervention for LNG company they deem air permit offender
Virginia-based liquified natural gas (LNG) company Venture Global has been on a learning curve since it opened its Calcasieu Pass terminal in Cameron Parish last year. The learning curve, as tallied by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, has been steep, replete with more than 2,000 entry points. That’s how many times the Bucket Brigade says that […]