DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 21, 2022
.” Heerden was hired by three Louisiana-based environmental groups — The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), Sierra Club, and Healthy Gulf — that are suing the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for exempting Venture Global LNG from needing a coastal use permit to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 2, 2024
Even in a state famous for its seafood, Cameron once stood out. A few decades ago, Cameron was the largest producer of seafood in the entire country, hauling in hundreds of millions of pounds of fish, shrimp, and oysters each year. By ships, Dyson is referring to the massive tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
He fears that his constituency, which relies heavily on the seafood industry, will be forced to move since they will no longer be able to make a living. They believe that the collapse of their industry would benefit Walmart, edging the company closer to having a monopoly on the global seafood market.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 9, 2024
But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” He estimates that 70 metres of his property has been swallowed up by sea level rise since he moved there in 1998, with trees and wetlands washed away as the ocean advanced bit by bit with each passing year.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 1, 2021
On August 19, 2020, he issued an executive order on climate change, committing Louisiana to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Those plans heavily rely on approaches backed by the fossil fuel industry, a powerful lobby in the state, which include carbon capture and hydrogen fuel made from natural gas.
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