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
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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 âecho chamberâ in higher education
Louisianaâs flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state
Inflation Reduction Act
Criminal targeting of environmental groups âscary,â 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: LSUâs 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 âleast objectionableâ location on campus to drill seven oil wells. Thatâs
Data Centers
Power for data centers could come at âstaggeringâ cost to consumers
New report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates donât fit Big Techâs 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 OKâd 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
âChaoticâ 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 âreviewâ
Inflation Reduction Act
Most in US worry about global warming â but their votes tell a different story
Researchers say environmental issues are not top of mind for many voters because these days, âpeople have a lot of different worriesâ
Gulf Coast
âSuperfundâ 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 âhopeâ for activists â 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
Trumpâs 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, theyâre 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 stateâs 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