The industrial gas supplier Air Products will build a $4.5 billion clean energy facility in Ascension Parish. The plant will produce blue hydrogen which uses natural gas to create an alternative fuel. Governor John Bel Edwards says this will be the world’s largest permanent carbon dioxide capture project to date. The complex will also feature carbon capture at the production source and store it underground.
Cut 7 (12) “…manufacturing base.”
The truck driver shortage continues nationwide leaving some store shelves nearly bare, and goods not getting to where they are needed. Our state is no exception, says Renee Amar, CEO of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association. She says the truck driver shortage and the significant growth in e-commerce since the beginning of the pandemic is causing major problems in the delivery of goods.
Cut 4 (11) “…seeing right now.”
It’s been nearly seven weeks since Hurricane Ida made landfall and the recovery remains slow in the coastal town of Dulac in Terrebonne Parish. Former state representative Joe Harrison says the biggest need remains housing
A court hearing in Monroe took place Wednesday for former state trooper Jacob Brown who is facing a federal charge of deprivation of rights under color of law in the 2019 beating of black motorist Aaron Bowman. Bowman’s attorney, Donecia Banks-Miley, expressed disappointment that Brown was freed on bond.
Cut 13 (12) “…was not detained.”
Brown’s bond was set at $50,000 and he remains free pending trial.