July 2025

For Louisiana to regain competitiveness on a national scale, there must be an effort to diversify and expand industries in the state. Fresh opportunities in industries such as oil and gas, timber, and manufacturing are attracting investors from all over the globe to the Bayou State. One critically important sector for Louisiana’s competitiveness is the […]

In Louisiana and across the country, carbon capture, utilization, and storage is emerging as a critical tool to preserve American energy leadership and grow our economy — all while reducing emissions. Yet misinformation campaigns continue to spread fear about this important technology, particularly on the topics of safety and landowner rights. Let’s set the record

Under President Donald J. Trump, America is back — leveraging environmental policies rooted in reality to promote economic growth while maintaining the standards that have afforded Americans the cleanest air and water in the world for generations. Unlike the previous administration, which wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on virtue signaling and ineffective grifts, the Trump

As global efforts intensify to reduce carbon emissions, Louisiana, specifically Central Louisiana, is positioning itself as a national and potentially global leader in carbon capture and storage (CCS). With its unique geological formations and recent regulatory developments, the state offers both the physical and administrative conditions needed to support CCS deployment. A recent conversation with

Carbon capture is not only effective at reducing the carbon emissions that cause climate change, the technology also has been proven safe through decades of commercial application. Our ability to use carbon capture appropriately is essential to achieving our goals for controlling climate change while strengthening America’s energy independence. Fortunately, standards that have ensured no

Louisiana’s emergence as a hotbed for new technology to store carbon emissions deep underground has long been opposed by environmentalists. But pushback from an unlikely source is now also gaining momentum. Rural and conservative residents in corners of the state where oil and gas tends to be a familiar and often welcomed presence are increasingly voicing their