Energy

A state senate committee today advanced a measure urging the Public Service Commission to promote the rapid development of a statewide electric vehicle charging network. 

Two publicly traded companies have reached an agreement to transport industrial carbon dioxide emissions along the Mississippi River corridor from Jefferson Parish to the Baton Rouge area. 

Legislation to charge Louisiana drivers who own electric or hybrid vehicles an annual state road usage fee cleared the House Transportation Committee Monday, USA Today Network reports. 

The first production plant, to be located in St. Gabriel, will produce 15 metric tons per day of green hydrogen.

ExxonMobil reported $5.48 billion in profits during the first quarter as oil and gas prices rose steadily, more than doubling its profits compared with the same quarter last year.

The Energy Department on Wednesday authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas from planned terminals in Texas and Louisiana.

Yet most U.S. oil businesses are not eager to capitalize on this moment by pumping more oil, The New York Times reports.  

Rising global temperatures could damage crop production, but farmers also need domestic oil and...

The Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District’s director responded this week to the Baton Rouge Water Company’s criticism of its plans for a new metering system.

An Australian company’s Louisiana subsidiary can get up to $107 million in U.S. Department of Energy loans to expand a plant that produces materials for electric car batteries, the department said Monday.