Biofuels Plant to Open in St. Gabriel
The LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute plans a Jan. 25 opening for a pilot plant designed to produce biofuels and biochemicals from agricultural crops and byproducts. The centerpiece of the...
View ArticleSenator Landrieu Backing Keystone Pipeline
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu is pushing for support of the Keystone pipeline.
View ArticleGulf of Mexico Well Evacuated Due to Uncontrolled Gas Flow
This article has been updated. A natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico, located approximately 50 miles east of Venice, is releasing gas uncontrolled and has been partially evacuated, according to the...
View ArticleSenator Landrieu Pushes Interior Nominee for Revenue-Sharing Changes
Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu is calling on the Obama administration’s nominee for Interior Secretary to support a bigger share of oil and gas revenue to coastal states. At a hearing of...
View ArticleSenator Landrieu Introduces Bipartisan Revenue-Sharing Plan For Coastal States
Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu is joining forces with Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska over energy revenue sharing.
View ArticleLawsuit Seeking More Review For Plaquemines Parish Coal Terminal
Some Plaquemines Parish residents and environmental groups are suing to stop a coal terminal proposed for Myrtle Grove. The state says the project should continue.
View ArticleEast Texans protest opening of Keystone pipeline's southern leg
An East Texas organization will protest TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline Wednesday. NacSTOP aims to draw attention to the dangers of transporting tar sands crude. The group was organized three years...
View ArticleEnergy analyst: Drilling activity in Haynesville Shale will pick up
The Bossier Chamber of Commerce will host an energy analyst Wednesday who will give a forecast on natural gas development in northwest Louisiana and across the nation. Matthew Koch, vice president of...
View ArticleTulane Goes Down To The River To Study
It wasn’t that long ago that the idea surfaced to use the power of the Mississippi River as a source for energy. But it turns out that turbines placed near New Orleans weren’t going to be that...
View ArticleU.S. Energy, Interior Secretaries Tour Louisiana Coast
Two leading officials in the Energy and Interior Departments have gotten their first look at the oil production facilities along the Louisiana coast. They got a bird’s eye view of the energy facilities...
View ArticleLargest Methanol Plant In North America Opening In St. James Parish
Natural gas is abundant and relatively cheap along the Gulf Coast, since it's drilled nearby. It's also the key ingredient in producing methanol. Methanol is a chemical that is used to make plywood,...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Bill, In A Close Vote
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline project to expand an oil pipeline running from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico has failed the approval of Congress, after the Senate voted against the project...
View ArticleOffshore Platform Explosion Kills 1, Injures 3
One person has been killed and three injured in an explosion on an offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials say the platform is 12 miles off the Louisiana coast. The Bureau of...
View ArticleOut To Lunch: Oil And Gusts
Everybody likes to think they're important, but here in Louisiana we really are. Two sectors of our local economy are major components of the national, and global, economy: oil and gas, and renewable...
View ArticleLouisiana Suffers Job Loss In Oil and Gas Industry
Oil and gas jobs in Louisiana have dropped to the lowest level in almost 10 years, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Louisiana has suffered the loss of nearly 50,000 mining and logging...
View ArticleReport Warns Of Overreliance On Natural Gas
A report released Tuesday says Louisiana is using too much natural gas. The Union of Concerned Scientists rates states based on their reliance on natural gas. Louisiana is among the most at-risk.
View ArticleOut To Lunch: Oil And Gusts
Everybody likes to think they’re important, but here in Louisiana we really are. Two sectors of our local economy are major components of the national, and global, economy: oil and gas, and renewable...
View ArticleFrom Paris: The World Agrees To Save Trees
The international climate talks continue in Paris this week and one of the hot topics has been deforestation. Louisiana cut down many of its forests in the 1800s, and as WWNO’s Tegan Wendland reports,...
View ArticleInterior Secretary Zinke Signs Orders to Review Drilling Regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week calling for more oil and gas drilling. But the final call is up to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. On Monday, the secretary...
View ArticleLe Show For The Week Of July 15, 2018
This week on Le Show, Harry Shearer brings us We're Not #1, News of the Godly, World of Microplastics, News of the Warm, “Inside Extra Access Tonight: Sag Man” Radio Skit, Let Me Tell You About the...
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