Sara Sneath is an investigative climate reporter and fact checker based in New Orleans. She has reported on energy in the Gulf South for 10 years, including for such outlets as The Washington Post, ProPublica, and The Guardian. Find her on Twitter @SaraSneath.
At McNeese State University’s LNG center, “we want to ensure that our LNG industry has a major say in research direction,” one of its project leaders wrote.
One candidate has sworn off taking money from regulated companies
The agency again failed to account for full environmental justice and climate impacts, opponents argue.
A German LNG terminal in the works would import from two Louisiana facilities. Bank financing makes it possible.
As groups try to influence a federal decision, Louisiana fishers squeezed by current LNG exports call for an end to expansion.
A lack of transparency about proposed CCS projects, even on state lands, raises flags about the state’s permitting process.
A new report estimates the public cost of underwriting U.S. plastics industry growth and the environmental violations that followed.
The Saguaro Connector Pipeline threatens tribal sacred sites and could fuel the LNG boom, opponents say.
Following street rallies that outnumbered New Orleans conference delegates, President Joe Biden announced a pause on new LNG exports.
Members of Sunrise Movement New Orleans call out industry leaders for destructive LNG export buildout in the state.
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