Louisiana’s thriving energy economy is a testament to the state and federal regulatory environments that allow it to flourish, because both balance growth with ensuring that the highest safety and environmental standards are followed to the letter of the law. This balance affords us both residential and industrial electricity rates that are significantly lower than national averages. Yet that is not enough for the European Union, which sought to impose statutes, signed an oce

Australia’s Woodside Energy has brought U.S. pipeline giant Williams Companies on board as a major investor in its ambitious Louisiana LNG project, marking a major vote of confidence in the Pelican State’s role in the global liquefied natural gas supply chain. Williams will take a 10 percent equity stake in the holding company for the project and assume an 80 percent interest in the associated Driftwood pipeline that will deliver feed gas to the LNG facility. The company is c

Louisiana economist Dr. Loren Scott says Governor Jeff Landry’s decision to temporarily halt new applications for carbon capture and storage (CCS) wells comes at a pivotal moment for the state’s economy — one where billions of dollars in future industrial investment hang in the balance. “There are a significant number of major projects — we’re talking about tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars — that are very closely tied to the CCS issue,” Scott said in an inter

Governor Jeff Landry’s recent executive order on carbon capture and storage (CCS) marks an important moment in Louisiana’s approach to balancing economic ambition with environmental stewardship. Executive Order No. JML 25-119, which places a conditional pause on new Class VI injection well permit applications, is not a rejection of carbon capture — it is a call for reflection. The Governor has framed the pause as a temporary measure to strengthen oversight, improve communicat