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Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.

Gen. Russel Honoré plans to attend Lafayette's Petroleum Club meeting next week to demand oil corporations — not taxpayers — pay for spills.

(The Center Square) – Hurricane Ida has already caused oil supply losses of 30 million barrels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports, resulting in the first decline in global oil

Some wells in the Gulf of Mexico, which accounts for about a fifth of U.S. output, could be shut for weeks, analysts said.

Of the 13 U.S. oil refineries emitting high levels of this carcinogen, 5 are in Louisiana Halle Parker NEW ORLEANS -- A new effort to measure the levels of benzene, a cancer-causing air pollutant, along the perimeters of U.S. refineries found that five of the 13 facilities with the highest levels are in Louisiana. Whats more, the refinery with the worst emissions was Delek USAs Krotz Springs refinery, 45 minutes west of Baton Rouge along the Atchafalaya River, according to the report by...

Air Monitoring at five Louisiana refineries revealed benzene above EPA action level 4/28/2021 Cancer-causing benzene emissions from oil refineries exceeded the federal action level for five refineries in Louisiana last year, putting at risk the health of neighboring communities. Nationally, 13 refineries had benzene monitoring readings at their fencelines in 2020 that averaged above EPA’s action level, a regulatory threshold that requires companies to investigate and take action to reduce the...