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German company wins bid on Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind energy lease

By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Federal regulators held the first ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease auction on Tuesday, opening three sites

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Offshore orphaned well proposal has small drilling companies crying foul

By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A proposed regulation that attempts to prevent orphaned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico has

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Entergy suspends all disconnections during La.’s heat emergency
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Entergy’s subsidiaries in Louisiana are suspending all disconnections for the duration of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ declared heat emergency through Sept. 9, the company announced ...
‘The internet is no longer a luxury’: $667M from USDA for rural broadband
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend another $667 million on rural broadband loans and grants, the department said Monday, marking the fourth round of ...
Thousands of miles of pipelines planned to boost LNG exports
By Sara Sneath Contributing Writer (Special from DeSmog via lailluminator.com) — U.S. fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas ...
Black and Hispanic households consistently saw lower cash balances and relative gains during pandemic
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Black and Hispanic households consistently maintained lower median cash balances than their white and Asian counterparts during and post-pandemic, according to a new ...
VP Kamala Harris unveils new wage rule for federal projects
By Casey Quinlan Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Construction workers who work on federal projects are poised to receive better wages and worker protections under a Department of Labor rule Vice President ...
Unions flex muscle not seen in decades
By Peter White Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — In the hottest labor summer in 40 years, unions are demanding better contracts for working people who can’t live on their paychecks. And ...
Black borrowers may be biggest beneficiaries of student loan forgiveness
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer When the Biden Administration announced its latest initiative to reduce the nation’s unsustainable trillion-dollar student debt, both borrowers and advocates rejoiced. In the coming weeks an estimated ...
Property insurance disappears for Louisiana residents – but not for new fossil fuel facilities
By Taylor Kate Brown Contributing Writer (Special from Floodlight via lailluminator.com) — Residents of coastal Louisiana are facing growing risks from flooding and extreme weather, with options for home insurance vanishing as ...

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