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Judges overseeing Louisiana’s landmark oil cases have financial stakes in defendants

Federal judges held stock, bonds and leased mineral rights to Exxon, Chevron and others while hearing cases against the companies alleging damage to the La. coast.
by Garrett Hazelwood, Floodlight April 13, 2026 Updated April 13, 2026

Louisiana’s HB804 could shield oil companies from climate lawsuits

As lawsuits by mostly Democrat-controlled municipalities and states move through the courts, Republican-controlled statehouses like Louisiana’s are proposing a growing number of bills like HB804, to immunize polluters from climate liability.
by Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews April 10, 2026 Updated April 10, 2026

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered-species protections in the Gulf of Mexico

Citing fuel shortages caused by the War of Iran, a federal committee voted to override the Endangered Species Act, clearing the way for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
by Jake Bittle, Grist April 9, 2026 Updated April 7, 2026
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Double the capacity, double the bill: Meta and Entergy announce a plan to build 7 new power plants for AI data centers in LA.

In this episode of Behind The Lens, host Carolyne Heldman Rovira interviews journalist and policy advisor Ned Randolph, to unpack a major energy and infrastructure development that could reshape Louisiana’s future.
by Carolyne Heldman April 3, 2026 Updated April 4, 2026

Meta triples order of gas-fired power plants for its AI campus in Louisiana

The seven additional new Entergy plants will power Meta’s mammoth AI site in Richland Parish, which is the size of 2.700 football fields.
by Lens staff March 30, 2026 Updated April 3, 2026

The day of reckoning: The Supreme Court will soon decide if oil companies have to pay for damage to the LA coast. 

In this episode of Behind The Lens, host Carolyne Heldman speaks with investigative reporter Emily Sanders to unpack decades of coastal damage linked to oil and gas activity, and the growing question of accountability.
by Carolyne Heldman March 28, 2026 Updated March 28, 2026

Do the ‘climate-tech’ startups headed to old Navy base signal innovation—or a cover for Big Oil?

A startup hub planned for the old Navy Base boasts of green “deep tech”— but experts warn some of that tech only provides cover for polluters, while one was founded by an Israeli arms developer.
by Delaney Nolan March 24, 2026 Updated March 31, 2026

For 100 years, Big Oil knew it was turning Louisiana’s coast into ‘Swiss cheese,’ records show

Oil giants knew that their practices were devastating coastal land, water, and habitats. That history is worth revisiting now, as the Supreme Court prepares a decision that could determine whether oil companies pay billions to rebuild Louisiana’s coast.
by Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews March 18, 2026 Updated March 17, 2026

As gas prices soar, Trump is ignoring the lessons of the last oil crisis

When federal officials did away with fuel-efficiency standards, they assumed — wrongly — that oil prices would fall to dramatic lows and that gas would become cheap enough to wipe out the increased fuel costs of less-efficient vehicles.
by Jake Bittle, Grist March 16, 2026 Updated March 15, 2026

Louisiana’s LNG exports are driving out fishermen and driving up utility bills across the U.S.

The multibillion-dollar liquified natural gas industry has reshaped the landscape, the economy and the daily lives of the people who have lived in Cameron Parish for generations.
by Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom, and Paul Blest, More Perfect Union March 13, 2026 Updated March 13, 2026

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