Decarbonization
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.
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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
Gulf Coast
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
Data Centers
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
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.
Rising Tide
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.
Environmental Protection Agency
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.
Gulf Coast
Update: 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
Inflation Reduction Act
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.
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
Inflation Reduction Act
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
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
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
Solar
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
Inflation Reduction Act
‘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’