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$80 million, few rules: Louisiana’s energy efficiency ‘slush fund’
One of the least energy efficient states allows elected commissioners to use ratepayer money for ‘patronage’ projects — with little oversight
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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.
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Tulane scientist resigns, citing ‘gag order’ on environmental justice research
Emails show a racial disparities study angered elected Louisiana officials and potential donors to a $600 million university-led redevelopment project
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How Big Oil is ruining a small ‘slice of heaven’ town in Texas
Export terminals shipping nearly half of U.S. crude oil have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the coastal town into an unlikely ‘fenceline’ community.
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ advocates take fight abroad to plastic treaty talks
Representatives of grassroots groups are in South Korea pushing for a cut in worldwide plastics production and pollution
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Huge gas plant eyed to power mystery $5B Louisiana data center
Entergy proposes a new $3.2 billion natural gas plant to run a ‘game changing’ data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move
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Experts warn oil and gas can’t save Louisiana’s economy — even under Trump
As state lawmakers consider even more tax breaks for fossil fuels, a new report says the state can no longer rely on the industry for growth
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Louisiana second in the nation when it comes to EV charger growth
But the state still lags behind most others in its rollout of federally-funded chargers along the interstate highway system
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Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if controversial coastal restoration stalls
The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.