Gulf Coast
Louisiana energy company plans to float above climate damage — literally
Utility argues natural gas plant would keep offshore oil and gas servicing companies, and nation’s only deepwater oil port, operational.
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Pam is an environment, energy and climate reporter and editor. A long-time New Orleans resident, Pam was part of the Times-Picayune team that published after Hurricane Katrina. pam@floodlightnews.org
Utilities
Will bitcoin and data centers risk US climate goals?
US energy use has been flat. But new industries are forcing a boost in utility forecasts for demand, potentially harming efforts to cut emissions.
Gulf Coast
Secrecy around gas export terminals leaves public in the dark on dangers
As liquefied natural gas terminals grow exponentially along the U.S. Gulf Coast, experts raise alarm on low-risk, high-consequence events
Gulf Coast
Plan to stash planet-heating carbon dioxide under U.S. national forests alarms critics
Around 140 groups have called for an extension of public comment period over U.S. Forest Service proposal amid questions about safety and impact.
Gulf Coast
LSU’s new energy institute faces global challenges, local skepticism
In Louisiana, the energy transition away from high-intensity carbon fuels is focused on things such as creating lower-carbon hydrogen and capturing climate-warming carbon from industry and directly from the air.
Gulf Coast
A known risk: How carbon stored underground could find its way back into the atmosphere
Generous federal tax credits are driving the onrush of carbon capture and storage projects being proposed in the U.S. But like a game of whack-a-mole, there’s a chance the planet-warming emissions could seep back up into the atmosphere after they are injected underground.
Gulf Coast
Carbon-capture gold rush an ‘insult’ to locals in emissions-hit Louisiana
Millions of dollars of investments in new carbon capture projects in Louisiana – with more announced this week, are unwelcome developments to some environmental activists in the state.
Gulf Coast
In ‘Cancer Alley’, US chemical giants mount campaign against grassroots organizers
Chevron and ExxonMobil are among the companies in a ‘sustainability council’ countering grassroots activists.
Gulf Coast
‘Sacrifice zone’: Gulf Coast helps meet global natural gas needs, but at what cost?
A string of new LNG plants threatens fragile coastal communities and delays a response to the worldwide climate crisis.
Gulf Coast
How ocean wind power could help the oil industry
The government wants to lease offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico – but the oil industry wants it for its own needs.