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Geymann's climate bill amended to allow legacy coastal suits
41+ min ago (568+ words) Published 9: 33 am Thursday, May 28, 2026 By Alton Wallace |The Center Square Lawmakers in Louisiana voted Tuesday to approve legislation designed to shield Louisiana energy companies from future climate change litigation while leaving existing lawsuits intact, potentially signaling a victory for the…...
Alito exit from coastal erosion case concerns tort-reform advocates
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (358+ words) Published 10: 45 am Thursday, January 15, 2026 By Michael Carroll | The Center Square U. S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito last week recused himself from oral arguments in the Louisiana coastal erosion case'Chevron USA v. Plaquemines Parish, raising new-found concerns among tort-reform advocates over the lawsuit's…...
Coastal erosion suits land La. on Judicial Hellhole list
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (494+ words) Published 10: 34 am Thursday, December 11, 2025 By Michael Carroll | The Center Square Louisiana's coastal erosion litigation, which resulted in a $744 million jury verdict against Chevron companies, ranks No. 4 on the 2026 Judicial Hellholes report, leading tort reformers to conclude the state's legal climate…...
Company moving forward with plans for carbon capture, sequestration project in Allen
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (805+ words) Published 2: 40 pm Tuesday, November 18, 2025 1 Point Five, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), is moving forward on plans for a carbon capture and sequestration project in north-central Allen Parish. According to Doug Conquest, vice president of sequestration project development for 1 Point…...
The Informer: New landfills incorporated technology, geology
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (583+ words) Published 7: 32 am Sunday, August 10, 2025 When Waste Management's new state-of-the art landfill in Walker opened in November of 1987 it was touted to be more advanced in terms of construction. But the Jeff Davis Sanitary Landfill being built in Welsh at the…...