Louisiana

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April 14, 2026

Policymakers Must Act to Protect Louisianans from Billions in Data Center Driven Costs

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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February 11, 2026

Louisiana’s New Policy Allows Even More Data Center Costs to be Passed to Ratepayers

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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December 16, 2025

Louisiana Regulators Try to Shut Public Out of Data Center Policymaking—Again

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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November 20, 2025

What’s Next After Louisiana’s Gas Plant Approval for Meta Data Center

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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August 18, 2025

Entergy Wants to Fast-Track Gas Plants for Meta Data Center, Leaving Ratepayers With the Bill

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

A gas flare from the Shell Chemical LP petroleum refinery illuminates the sky in Norco, Louisiana, part of the state's "cancer alley" where refineries and other petrochemical facilities are concentrated.

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August 4, 2025

My Petrochemical Jobs Study Triggered Tulane University’s Audacious Attack on Science

UCS Science Network

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June 12, 2025

100K Louisianans Were Left Without Power. Without Transmission Planning, It’ll Keep Happening.

Guest Commentary

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May 29, 2025

Entergy Doesn’t Want Louisianans to Know How Expensive this Gas Project Could Be

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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October 12, 2023

Building a Future for Black Farmers: An Interview with Legal Expert Dãnia Davy

Archie Creech
Outreach Coordinator

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September 21, 2023

Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion

Archie Creech
Outreach Coordinator

Flood waters surround a modest-looking white house with a detached garage behind it. The water has submerged what you could assume is a driveway, a front porch or steps, and the front and side yards.

June 7, 2023

Worsening Risks of Climate Change Expose the Need for—and Hard Limits of—Property Insurance

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

U.S. Coast Guard

January 26, 2022

What I Said—and Wish I’d Had a Chance to Say—When I Testified on Future Oil and Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

October 30, 2019

Indigenous People of Louisiana and the Oil Industry: An Ishak Reflection

UCS Science Network

July 12, 2019

How Climate Risks Get Compounded: Louisiana Grapples With Heavy Rain, Tropical Storm Barry, and Swollen Mississippi

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

February 27, 2019

From Minnesota to Louisiana, Renewables are Poised for Dramatic Growth, but…

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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December 20, 2018

Seasonal Shutdowns: How Coal Plants That Operate Less Can Save Customers Money

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

July 12, 2018

Empty Pipe Dreams at Palo Verde

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 17, 2015

Doing More to Protect Frontline Communities Ten Years After Katrina

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director