Gulf Coast

New state utility regulator wants to reduce rates, introduce renewable mandates

Davante Lewis intends to use the momentum to take on utility giants such as Entergy and move the state toward more renewable energy in his first six-year term on Louisiana’s Public Service Commission. 

Gulf Coast

Major US railroad merger could bring more tar sands to southeast Texas

A major merger could create the first direct route from Canadian tar sands mines to the Gulf Coast, while another proposed route would ship more of the polluting fuel from Utah.

Gulf Coast

LNG export terminals pose a growing and invisible threat: air pollution

Residents around existing LNG facilities in Louisiana already notice the smell and irritants from nearby terminals. With more under construction, air quality is poised to worsen.

Carbon Capture

Carbon capture project is ‘band-aid’ to greenwash $10 billion LNG plant, locals say

Texas community fights to save its coastline as the developers of Rio Grande LNG reassure investors over climate impact.

Gulf Coast

As fracking increases in the Barnett Shale, Arlington city leaders avoid scrutiny

With demand for natural gas surging during the Russia-Ukraine war, Texans say their homes are on the frontlines of new drilling.

Power Play

Florida Power CEO implicated in scandals abruptly steps down

Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy announced his retirement on Wednesday. The company says the move was not prompted by recent scandals.

Polluting Democracy

Ohio Republicans accused of taking $60 million in bribes as corruption trial opens

Prosecutors built their racketeering case with wiretaps, undercover agents and confidential sources.

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.

Power Play

She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative.

ABC News producer in Florida becomes a corporate operative.

Power Play

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Power company money flows to media attacking critics in Florida, Alabama.

Gulf Coast

Port Arthur pollution fight shows how Texas blocks citizen protests

A local activist went before a judge, arguing for lower pollution limits on two new liquified natural gas facilities. The judge sided with him, but the state environmental agency sided with the companies.

Gulf Coast

The nonprofits cleaning up the oil and gas industry’s ‘dirty little secret’

These organizations are tackling the vast problem of orphaned wells.

Gulf Coast

The cost to capture carbon? More water and electricity

Cleco wants to capture its climate emissions, raising concerns about impacts on the state’s water supplies.

Gulf Coast

Abandoned 'dry hole' oil wells are polluting Texas farms, ranches and groundwater. The state won’t fix them.

Wildcatters drilled thousands of wells looking for oil and abandoned the dry holes. Some are spewing contaminated water.

Gulf Coast

Losing ground: How one New Orleans community is sinking

While land is subsiding throughout the city, industry water use has exacerbated the problem in one predominantly Black and Vietnamese area.

Gulf Coast

What hinders Louisiana’s shift toward renewable energy? Voters say their congressional leaders

Despite generally liking renewable energy, the majority of Louisiana voters oppose efforts to shift the state away from oil and gas.