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.
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. Renee Amar, CEO of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, says the 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
The attorneys for Ronald Greene and Aaron Bowman say Governor Edwards has not done enough to end a pattern of excessive force by State Troopers. There’s body camera video showing Greene and Bowman on the receiving end of beatings by troopers during arrests in 2019 in north Louisiana. Attorney Lee Merritt represents the Greene family..:
CUT 12 (13) “…specific action”
Greene died in police custody. Bowman was badly injured.