BATON ROUGE, La. - In his first week in office, President Joe Biden signed executive orders to eliminate many federal subsidies for fossil fuels starting next year and pause new oil and gas permits on federal lands.
Louisiana congressional delegation expressed outrage about Bidenâs decision. Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican, said the changes would be âdevastating to Louisiana,â and Sen. Bill Cassidy, called Bidenâs use of the term âCancer Alleyâ a âslam upon our state.â Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a lawsuit against Bidenâs moratorium on oil and gas leases.
But local economic and environmental experts say itâs time for Louisiana to join the global shift to renewable energy, both to ease coastal erosion and to offset the economic and job losses that now seem inevitable. The state ranks 38th in the country in renewable energy production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Experts warn that if
One man has been arrested and police are searching for another in connection with a fatal shooting at Bourgeois Park.
Jayvien Mallery, 20, was arrested Friday by sheriff s deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff s Office, according to a release from University of Louisiana at Lafayette police. He was charged with one count of principal to second-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of carrying a firearm on school property.
Authorities are searching for 22-year-old Tyquan Marshall, who is wanted on charges of second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and carrying a firearm on school property.
Mallery and Marshall were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of John Sinegal Jr. The 23-year-old was shot on April 9 at the park near UL.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Joseph Savoie announced campus could be returning to some form of normalcy in the fall.
âStudents returning to in-person classes in the Fall is certainly the plan,â Savoie wrote in an email. âIf current positive trends in addressing COVID-19 continue, there is every reason to believe that in-person classes will return as the dominant means of course delivery for the Fall semester.â
On March 11, Savoie wrote in an email to students in regards to plans for next semester. The email included the universityâs previous experience with COVID-19, upcoming arrangements and information regarding vaccinations.Â
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BATON ROUGE Employment in Louisiana’s oil and gas industry has been declining since 2014 and took another big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, with layoffs of 7,500 more workers.
The high-paying jobs have not come back yet even though world oil prices have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. And as President Joe Biden pushes to accelerate a shift to renewable energy sources, oil and gas workers from Lafayette to Houma are feeling increasingly uneasy about the future.
Loren Scott, an economist who does consulting work for the industry, said Louisiana has about 27,000 jobs in oil and gas extraction, or 7,500 fewer than in January 2020. That number reflects those working in oil and gas exploration and production.