Living Cities to Invest up to $500K in Entrepreneurship in Southeast LA
Living Cities, a nonprofit collaborative of groups aiming to improve the fortunes of low-income people, will invest as much as $500,000 in entrepreneurs working to tackle social and environmental issues facing southeast Louisiana.
LA Task Force Recommends $700M Annual Increase for Infrastructure
The Louisiana Governor's Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment has adopted 10 resolutions that address policy and financing recommendations, an action that comes after six months of meetings across the state.
EPA Grants $300K to Improve St. Tammany Parish, LA's Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced that the St. Tammany Parish, La., government received a $300,000 cooperative agreement for a project to improve water quality in the Abita River watershed.
Feds Putting $2B Behind LA Methanol Plant with Carbon Capture
A wave of federally-funded carbon dioxide is headed to Texas oil fields. The Obama administration is the principal investor in a $3.8 billion methanol plant in Lake Charles, La. that will separate carbon dioxide out of its smokestack and put it in a pipeline bound for Texas where it will be used to speed up oil production.
Vitter Passes Water Resources Bill for LA
US Senator David Vitter said "The water resources bill, which is on its way to the President's desk to be signed into law, will help improve flood control, water infrastructure development, and coastal hurricane protection throughout Louisiana" about the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
Restore Council Unveils Updated Plan to Invest in Gulf Coast Restoration
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the finalization of the Comprehensive Plan Update to guide over $3 billion in investments to enhance the resources and economies of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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