Por: ABC News Business September 17, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Maryland company announced Friday it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon in northern West Virginia. Officials said it was made possible by a recently signed law embraced by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin that gives tax breaks for alternative energy projects.Competitive Power Ventures of Silver Spring, Maryland, will construct the 1,800-megawatt plant in Doddridge County, a top... + full article
The Advocate USA Business September 17, 2022
Jim Beam plans to ramp up bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery to meet growing global demand in a more than $400 million expansion to be powered by renewable energy.The project will increase capacity by 50% at the Beam plant in Boston, Kentucky, while reducing... + más
Tesla eyeing Texas, Louisiana for ‘first of its kind’ lithium refinery | The Advocate
Production company cancels 'Dallas Sting' movie starring Matthew McConaughey | 10 WBNS
Federal regulators said Tuesday they have placed Entergy's in Killona under increased oversight because of the improper calibration of radiation monitors, which could have triggered unnecessary evacuations.The notified Entergy Nuclear that its additional oversight... + más
Could Louisiana open its power market to competition? Utilities hope not. | The Advocate
Climate change jeopardizes health care services, report says | ABC News
DEMCO, the Greenwell Springs electric cooperative, is launching a legal fight against its power provider, Cleco, over $30 million in purportedly excessive costs from overpriced electricity generated at the shuttered Dolet Hills Power Station in northwest Louisiana.Randy Pierce,... + más
Prairieville traffic fix on hold while Ascension Parish, DEMCO fight over power lines. | The Advocate
EPA steps in to reduce haze pollution after Louisiana fails to meet deadline | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Politics September 17, 2022
Revenue from Louisiana's gasoline tax is insufficient to meet the state's road and bridge needs, Legislative Auditor Michael Waguespack said in a report issued Tuesday.Waguespack noted that the state's 20-cents-per-gallon gas tax has not been changed since 1990... + más
Louisiana lawmakers consider eliminating state income tax, 'Build a better mousetrap' | The Advocate
Our Views: Our wretched roads won’t get better if we don't pay more at the pump | The Advocate
Like other Republicans, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has been hammering President Joe Biden for the rise of inflation, especially high gas prices.Luke Mixon, one of the three main Democrats challenging Kennedy, is attempting to turn the tables that says the senator isn’t doing... + más
John Kennedy, Luke Mixon oppose Biden's debt forgiveness plan. Chambers and Steib back it. | The Advocate
Birds & Bubbles at Spoke & Hub, a charity wine dinner and a 'Farm, Food & Cooking' tour | The Advocate
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy began remarks about the infrastructure bill passed last year by Congress by noting that his Republican colleagues in Louisiana’s congressional delegation all voted against it.But in speaking before members of the Rotary Club of New Orleans on Wednesday,... + más
Louisiana reacts to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan | The Advocate
Stephanie Grace: Team Landry is ready for governor's race, but will Team Anybody-But-Landry take the field? | The Advocate
ABC News USA Tech September 17, 2022
Climate change likely juiced rainfall by up to 50% late last month in two southern Pakistan provinces, but global warming wasn’t the biggest cause of the country’s catastrophic flooding that has killed more than 1,500 people, a new scientific analysis finds.Pakistan’s... + más
WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan | ABC News
Baton Rouge used to land big concerts. The River Center wants to bring them back. | The Advocate
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