Gulf Coast
California calls plastics recycling tech a ‘stunt’; to Louisiana it’s economic development
ExxonMobil wants millions in tax breaks for a Baton Rouge project that would create no jobs, pollute the environment and recycle few plastics
Floodlight — with partners at WWNO, the Lens, and the Louisiana Illuminator — is reporting on greenwashing, misinformation and the lack of corporate accountability in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast.
Gulf Coast
ExxonMobil wants millions in tax breaks for a Baton Rouge project that would create no jobs, pollute the environment and recycle few plastics
Gulf Coast
Philanthropic and government investments in environmental justice are helping nonprofits push back against industrial development
Gulf Coast
The public hearing for the St. Charles Clean Fuels Plant will be rescheduled after more than 200 people show up in space meant for 60
Gulf Coast
A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a ‘Cancer Alley’ community
Gulf Coast
A coalition of environmental groups is pushing 18 projects to protect Gulf Coast communities from land loss and storm damage
Gulf Coast
In the last two months, judges rejected approvals on three Gulf Coast methane facilities, sending them back to a federal agency for further review
Gulf Coast
State utility regulators have increasingly placed barriers to development of the renewable energy source in one of the sunniest states in the U.S.
Gulf Coast
The new ruling bars Louisiana from considering whether to permit industrial facilities in communities already facing a disparate impact from pollution
Gulf Coast
The facility is being touted by state leaders as key to the clean energy transition — and job creator for residents of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Gulf Coast
A Bernhard Capital Partners subsidiary — new to the natural gas business — is buying gas systems in Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico
Gulf Coast
The project in Wallace was at the center of a local fight to preserve surrounding area’s historic treasures from further industrial development
Carbon Capture
A report due in February still hasn’t been submitted after a series of public meetings; leaders of the carbon capture and sequestration study are mum
Gulf Coast
Under a new state law, residents will no longer be protected from homeowners’ policy cancellations, higher deductibles or big rate increases.
Gulf Coast
Citing air modeling and new federal soot standards, advocates want environmental regulators to block the proposed 2,400-acre project.
Gulf Coast
Residents of color are pushing the U.S. Department of Justice to block expansion of industrial development in their communities.
Gulf Coast
In Louisiana, few people of color are getting high-paying jobs in the industry — or even low-paying ones