ExxonMobil has signed an agreement to capture, transport and store up to 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or CO2, per year at an in-state carbon capture and storage facility.
Chip Kline, state director of coastal activities and chair of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, is resigning from his position, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today.
A Louisiana lawmaker wants to explore expanding the hunting limits and season for alligators, which have exploded in population over the past 50 years.
Patrick Courreges, a spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, says DNR doesn’t expect much impact here, adding that state regulators don’t necessarily use the same definitions for wetlands as the EPA.
The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, expanding the ability of farmers, homebuilders and other developers to dig up or fill wetlands near rivers, lakes and streams.
Well over a year after launching the effort, the Louisiana Public Service Commission has not issued rules regarding strengthening the electricity distribution grid and taking care of abandoned utility poles.
Delta Biofuel is officially building a $100 million full-scale renewable fuel production facility in Iberia Parish, after announcing its final investment decision today.