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Gulf Coast

Energy efficiency program killed; advocates say Louisianans will pay the price.

The state Public Service Commission voted along party lines to end a program to save energy and money for residential customers — who already top the US in electricity use

Inflation Reduction Act

As Congress slashes spending, will clean energy tax credits survive?

Solar boosters say repealing Inflation Reduction Act incentives could drive up electricity costs, stall manufacturing and slow climate progress.

Gulf Coast

US electricity prices are surging. These companies want out.

Citing few renewable options and projected price jumps, industries in Louisiana propose their own power generation, free from monopoly utilities

Gulf Coast

Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

Louisiana’s flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state

Data Centers

Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers

New report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates don’t fit Big Tech’s massive, immediate demand for more electricity

Carbon Capture

Capturing CO2, sold as climate solution, rebranded as oil industry boost

Oil executives, business interests push economic benefits of carbon capture as President Trump takes aim at climate funding OK’d under Biden

Carbon Capture

CO2 pipeline company draws $2.4M fine for menacing federal inspectors

Workers were manufacturing pipeline to replace a ruptured section of carbon dioxide line that sent 45 people to the hospital in Mississippi

Data Centers

Utilities to spend billions to power AI. Are they jumping the gun?

Chinese AI tech DeepSeek is forcing a second look at proposals to build a record number of new fossil fuel power plants

Plastics

ExxonMobil sues, doubling down on advanced plastics recycling

In a new lawsuit, the oil giant alleges the California attorney general and environmental groups defamed the company

LNG

Federal gas export study not the final word on US LNG projects

A new analysis shows super-chilled methane harms the climate — but falls short of recommending a halt to the booming industry

Carbon Capture

Developers eye Louisiana, Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage

Is the Gulf of Mexico the ‘single best opportunity’ to store climate-warming gas — or an existential threat to wildlife and people?

LNG

Report: LNG operators in Louisiana offered $21.1 billion in tax breaks

If all 15 liquefied natural gas plants in Texas and Louisiana open, reductions in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would slow

LNG

Venture Global’s ‘carbon bomb’ LNG plant on hold — for now

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission set aside its approval of the massive CP2 facility until further studies are done on air pollution

Carbon Capture

Removing carbon from the air — a climate cure or waste of money?

The incoming Trump administration will have a say in whether federally backed direct air capture projects in Louisiana move forward

Gulf Coast

Huge gas plant eyed to power mystery $5B Louisiana data center

Entergy proposes a new $3.2 billion natural gas plant to run a ‘game changing’ data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move

Gulf Coast

Experts warn oil and gas can’t save Louisiana’s economy — even under Trump

As state lawmakers consider even more tax breaks for fossil fuels, a new report says the state can no longer rely on the industry for growth