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The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority derelict oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land, the department said Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.

24 States Get $560M for High-Priority Cleanup of Wells

Up to 10,000 wells could be dealt with.

August 26, 2022

Oilspill

18-Year Oil Spill in Gulf: 1M Gallons Collected Since 2019

A containment system is collecting about 900 gallons of oil a day.

July 13, 2022

Oil Tankers Safety Seaside I Stock 1130619546

Ship's Operator Awake for 50 Hours Before Crash

The impact did an estimated $72.9 million in damage.

November 29, 2021

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Judge Drops Suit Against Louisiana Plastics Complex

The Army Corps of Engineers is reconsidering the permit for Formosa Plastics.

January 6, 2021

Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa in St. James Parish, La.

Army Corps Suspends $9.4B Plastics Complex Permit

The Corps suspended the permit on a technicality but could review other aspects.

November 17, 2020

Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James.

Army Corps Reconsidering Permit for $9.4B Plastics Complex

Environmental and community groups sued to overturn the permit, saying the Corps took only a cursory look at probable environmental effects.

November 5, 2020

This Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, file photo shows the Centenario deep-water drilling platform off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil Lease Bidding Drops

Bids are the lowest since gulf-wide sales began in August 2017 — and lower than any sale since 1993 for the productive central Gulf.

March 19, 2020

Several groups want to keep a Taiwanese company's plastics complex out of south Louisiana.

Group Challenges Plastics Plant

The $9.4B project would build 10 chemical plants.

February 17, 2020