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Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates āecho chamberā in higher education
Louisianaās flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state
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Floodlight ā with partners at WWNO, the Lens, and the Louisiana Illuminator ā is reporting on greenwashing, misinformation and the lack of corporate accountability in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast.
Fueling Knowledge
Fueling Knowledge: LSUās 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 āleast objectionableā location on campus to drill seven oil wells. Thatā
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āSuperfundā 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 āhopeā for activists ā 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
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Uncertainty looms over plan to save coastal Louisiana
Federal leaders and Gov. Jeff Landry clash over the stateās projected spending for the $3 billion project
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Louisianaās āCancer Alleyā 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 āgame changingā data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move
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Experts warn oil and gas canāt save Louisianaās economy ā 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 stateās diminishing coastline if leaders donāt act soon.
Polluting Democracy
Private calls and campaign cash: Louisiana regulatorsā ties to the utilities they oversee
The state is tied for dead last in renewable energy adoption. Little surprise, with so much fossil fuel money flowing to its commissioners.
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California calls plastics recycling tech a āstuntā; to Louisiana itās 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
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Black women are leading the fight against polluters in Louisiana ā and theyāre winning
Philanthropic and government investments in environmental justice are helping nonprofits push back against industrial development
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Crowd size forces Louisiana to postpone hearing on proposed ammonia plant
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
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Unlikely alliance forms to boost community air monitoring in Louisiana
A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a āCancer Alleyā community
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As funding dries up for Louisianaās coastal restoration program, advocates are strategizing to sustain it
A coalition of environmental groups is pushing 18 projects to protect Gulf Coast communities from land loss and storm damage