As the liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom gained momentum in southwest Louisiana, one public institution of higher learning, McNeese State University, courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their ownContinue Reading
Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to “the bay and the fishermen.” By Dylan Baddour PORT LAVACA, Texas—Few men still fish for a living on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The work is hard and pay is meager. In the hearts of rundown seasideContinue Reading
It’s looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected. (Image credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Continue Reading
Thanks to Biden administration policies, the momentum behind the energy transition could be hard to stall. The post 2024 set the stage for clean energy on public lands appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Oil and gas are expensive. Politicians just don’t like to talk about it.Continue Reading
The IAEA’s ‘Nuclear Explained’ series takes scientific and technical subjects related to nuclear topics and makes them easier to understand. Here are our top five explainers from 2024., Read MoreContinue Reading
Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life — it could also put a dent in the U.S. household tendency to throw away edible food, a new study suggests., Read MoreContinue Reading
For the first time in years, the UK is governed by a party that wants to accelerate climate action, rather than reverse it. Labour stood on a defiantly pro-net zero ticket at the 4 July general election, and scored a clear victory. Over the course of the six week campaign,Continue Reading
Earlier today, New Orleans City Council unanimously approved the sale of the city’s natural gas distribution system to a private equity firm. Delta State Utilities (DSU), a new subsidiary of Bernhard Capital Partners, will pay $484 million to take over gas distribution systems of Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana.Continue Reading
If you don’t live anywhere near an export terminal for liquified natural gas (LNG), you could still feel big impacts from the industry’s planned construction boom in the U.S. – and not just because the fossil fuel is rapidly worsening the climate crisis. That’s according to a new study onContinue Reading
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held historic hearings from 2 to 13 December addressing States’ obligations under international law to combat climate change, a process spearheaded by small island nations facing existential threats.Continue Reading
Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is offered. (Image credit: Robert Willett)Continue Reading
In the first large-scale paired camera trap and autonomous recording survey for large African carnivores, researchers were able to identify individual leopards by their vocalizations with 93% accuracy., Read MoreContinue Reading