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The United States has record supplies of natural gas and plenty of reasons to promote natural-gas powered cars, but consumers, manufacturers and fuel suppliers haven't shown much interest.
The federal government's first auction of offshore petroleum leases in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in 2010 drew $337.7 million in winning bids Wednesday.
Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets.
The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, reopens Tuesday after a $275 million rebuild that creates a new business model for the downtown hotel.
A Texas company that owns a refinery in southwestern Louisiana pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony violations of the federal Clean Air Act and obstructing justice and agreed to pay a record fine.
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board gave unanimous approval Thursday to a $181 million proposal to build a sixth riverboat casino-hotel in the Shreveport-Bossier City market in that state.
A liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana has been approved to export natural gas.
An order of monks — and anyone else — can sell caskets in Louisiana without having a state funeral home license, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
The powerful flow of the Mississippi River, which brought destruction to scores living near its flooded banks this spring, is viewed by a new generation of energy entrepreneurs as a reliable alternative way to generate electricity.
The government has cleared the way for a terminal in southwestern Louisiana to export part of the U.S.'s burgeoning supply of natural gas.
With all of the ups and downs of the stock markets over the past decade, the average investor might wonder who's watching over his mutual funds.
Northrop Grumman Corp. is officially disposing of its troubled shipbuilding division — including major shipyards in Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia — by handing off shares in a new company to its stockholders.
Honda Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday they will resume limited production at several Japanese factories in April, but full production depends on the availability of parts.
Former U.S. Attorney John Volz, who spearheaded high-profile corruption cases involving Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards and New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello, has died at the age of 74.
Hundreds calling for the departure of Egypt's president peacefully demonstrated in several U.S. cities on Saturday, showing solidarity with the large, anti-government throngs that have taken over a sprawling public square in Cairo.
Nucor Corp. announced Thursday that it will begin construction immediately on the first phase of a planned iron and steelmaking complex in southeastern Louisiana, one of the state's largest new industrial projects in years.
Stewart Enterprises Inc., the second-largest provider of funeral services in the nation, said Wednesday that it will begin considering possible acquisitions and has hired an industry veteran to guide the process.
A deal reached last month to combine two 100-year-old-plus banks in the South could be a sign of things to come across the region.
Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that production of its 2012 NV commercial van will begin Jan. 19 at its expanded plant in Canton, Miss., marking its first venture into the U.S. commercial vehicle market.
Amid a new reality — casinos are not recession-proof — gambling in Louisiana and Mississippi is staging a slow comeback from the economic meltdown of 2008, aggravated for a time by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that chased away some tourists.
Two Mississippi areas — Jackson and Gulfport-Biloxi — recorded increases in foreclosure actions against delinquent homeowners during the third quarter, a national tracking organization said Thursday.
Steelmaker Nucor Corp. chose a site in St. James Parish for a $3.5 billion iron plant project that will be built in five phases, Gov. Bobby Jindal and company officials announced Wednesday.
Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.
Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Most notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don't end there.
Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Mostly notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don't end there.
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