Cement is a climate menace. Under Trump, fixing it just got harder.

The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a greener future is less clear.

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

Video: The failed promise of industry jobs in polluted communities

A new documentary, based on a Tulane study, debunks the promise of high-quality employment for residents of color when new industrial plants come to their neighborhoods

Transmission line conflicts ahead as US electricity demand booms

A fight in Maryland may be a prelude to what lies ahead as artificial intelligence drives demand for more power — and more power lines

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.

Flood risks getting worse along US coastlines, new analysis shows

Researchers predict rising seas will increase severe flood risks for about 2.5 million Americans by 2050.

As EPA pulls back, schoolchildren could face the steepest risks

Communities living and learning near petrochemical plants will face more pollution and less federal protection under Trump’s new policies.

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

Farmers in Trump country were counting on clean energy grants. Then the government moved the goalposts.

Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites favoring fossil fuels over renewables.

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

Criminal targeting of environmental groups ‘scary,’ advocates say

Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump

Fueling Knowledge: LSU’s ties to oil and gas stretch back to the 1930s

This is part one of a two-part investigative series exploring the relationship between the fossil fuel industry and Louisiana State University. To Louisiana State University administrators 55 years ago, the front yard of fraternity houses seemed like the “least objectionable” location on campus to drill seven oil wells. That’s

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

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

EPA says it has unfrozen billions in funds for climate-related projects

The statement by an agency spokesperson comes after two judges ordered the environmental agency to pay contracts signed under Biden

‘Chaotic’ USDA funding freeze stalls rural renewable projects

Thousands of farmers and a dozen rural electric cooperatives wait for news about billions in funds under Trump administration ‘review’

Inflation Reduction Act

Most in US worry about global warming — but their votes tell a different story

Researchers say environmental issues are not top of mind for many voters because these days, ‘people have a lot of different worries’

Gulf Coast

‘Superfund’ laws aim to make Big Oil pay for climate damage

News laws to hold oil and gas responsible for costs associated with climate change provide ‘hope’ for activists — and a legal target for the industry

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

Solar

Trump’s funding pause clouds future of Solar For All Program

Before Donald Trump took office, solar advocates were optimistic the feds would keep their funding commitments. Now, they’re not so sure.

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

Gulf Coast

Uncertainty looms over plan to save coastal Louisiana

Federal leaders and Gov. Jeff Landry clash over the state’s projected spending for the $3 billion project

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

Coal

Coal was on its way out. But surging electricity demand is keeping it alive — costing customers and the planet

U.S. coal plant use is dropping, but utilities are delaying their retirement and running them — even when they cost more than renewable sources.

Inflation Reduction Act

Solar for All likely protected from Trump’s roll back of Biden’s IRA

The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years

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?

Utilities

Massages and country clubs: Your electric bill may be funding lavish perks

Utility customers sometimes foot the bill for lobbying, advertising and luxurious living, new report shows

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

Utilities

North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for climate ‘deception’

Carrboro, N.C., accuses Duke of knowingly fueling the climate crisis for decades with harmful emissions, deception, delay and ‘greenwashing’

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