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On May 22, 2025, several environmental groups, RISE St. James, Micah Six Eight Mission, The Descendants Project, The Concerned Citizens of St. John Inc., Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, Inc., and JOIN for Clean Air, have sued Louisiana public officials charged with enforcing the State’s Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act (“CAMRA” or “the Act”) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, alleging that the CAMRA violates their constitutional rights and is preempted by the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). RISE St. James Louisiana v. Burdette, (M.D. La. May 22, 2025). …
Continue Reading Environmental Groups File Suit Challenging Validity of Louisiana’s Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act

The 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session has continued to stay busy on the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) front, with a mix of outcomes for proposed bills.
Continue Reading Pipelines, Property, and Policy: CCS Legislation Continues in 2025 Louisiana Session

There are seven more CCS bills, and potentially more to come, scheduled for hearing this week in the House Ways & Means Committee on Monday morning and in the House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment on Wednesday morning. …
Continue Reading Seven More Bills on CCS Currently Set for Hearing in Two House Committees This Week

On Tuesday, April 29, the Louisiana House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment held a hearing involving 10 carbon capture and storage (CCS) bills, beginning at 9 a.m. with only a midday recess to attend the floor session, where they resumed until 10 p.m. when the hearing finally concluded. …
Continue Reading Louisiana House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment Hears Key CCS Bills

The 2025 Louisiana Legislative session is officially underway, with the Louisiana House committee set to hear multiple bills concerning Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) this Tuesday, April 29th.
Continue Reading Ten CCS Bills Set For Committee Hearing Next Week in Louisiana Legislative Session

On April 3, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Revenue published Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-013 clarifying the proper sales and use tax treatment for rentals of cranes and other equipment with operators. Under Act 11 of the Third Extraordinary Session of 2024, the Louisiana Legislature repealed the statutory sales and use tax exclusion for the…

On Tuesday, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected an attempt to block a constitutional amendment needed to complete the restructuring of the state’s tax laws sought by Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature. The Court allowed to move forward a statewide vote on a package of changes to the state’s tax laws by dismissing a…

In keeping with the Governor’s call for the Legislature’s 2024 Third Extraordinary Session, House Bill No. 25 was introduced on Monday seeking to adjust severance tax rates, eliminate exemptions, and modify administrative procedures and dedications of mineral revenues.

HB 25 initially proposed that severance tax on oil should be determined based on volume at a…