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Louisiana courts energy startup that converts sugar cane waste to biofuel
$70 million green energy plant proposed in Iberia Parish
A source of biofuel called bagasse is a pulpy fibrous material leftover from crushing sugarcane or sorghum stalks to extract their juices for sugar harvesting as pictured here in Valle de los Ingenios, Cuba. (Photo via Ji-Elle/Creative Commons)
A company that turns sugar cane waste into a green biofuel is considering building a $70 million renewable energy facility in Iberia Parish, and the state is offering tax breaks and other perks to seal the deal.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday announced that his administration has reached a preliminary agreement with Delta Biofuels, offering the company a generous incentive package that includes a $1 million performance-based grant, industrial tax breaks and workforce development services through Louisiana Economic Development. In exchange Delta Biofuels would build a 16-acre facility in Jeanerette and accordin
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An anonymous St. Charles Parish woman sued the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, Cabrini High School and Deacon George Felder Brignac for alleged sexual abuse in 1984, according to documents filed on March 8 in the Orleans Parish District Court.
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The United States filed a complaint on Friday in the Louisiana Middle District Court seeking for the court to require Metairie Energy Company Inc., and its owner and operator, Bernard Robichaux, to pay over $1.3 million to cover clean-up costs for an August 2016 spill.
Reportedly, the oil spill occurred from the defendants’ Choctaw Bayou Oil and Gas Field which is located next to the Port Allen Lock in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The federal government paid to clean up the oil spill using funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which is provided for under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) and is now seeking repayment from the company under the same Act.