Exxon says the energy renaissance in the U.S. has staying power and predicts that North America will become a net exporter of oil and gas by the middle of the next decade.
The oil and gas giant's latest long-term energy outlook says the rapid growth of production in the U.S. and Canada will lead to more oil and gas being sent overseas.
Exxon Mobil Corp. also predicts that natural gas use will keep increasing, at the expense of coal. By 2040, natural gas will account for 30 percent of global electricity generation, compared with less than 25 percent today, Exxon says.
Oil and gas production in the U.S. has surged thanks to technologies like hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. That's helped decrease the nation's dependence on energy imports.
We’re not sure which takes more conviction and drive: bicycling from New Orleans to Houston — the Gulf Coast energy corridor — to raise awareness about the fossil fuel industry’s effect on the climate change or doing it during the hottest, muggiest time of the year.
After several local business owners and the president of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce voiced their opposition, an introductory ordinance that would have repealed the 2 percent rebate offered to merchants for collecting and remitting sales taxes in the city and unincorporated parish was defeated on a 4-4 vote.
After several local business owners and the president of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce voiced their opposition, an introductory ordinance that would have repealed the 2 percent rebate offered to merchants for collecting and remitting sales taxes in the city and unincorporated parish was defeated on a 4-4 vote.
The City-Parish Council on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of resolution that will allow a private nonprofit organization to lease the 100-acre Horse Farm property from the city in order to raise the funds necessary to develop the raw acreage into a public park.
The City-Parish Council on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of resolution that will allow a private nonprofit organization to lease the 100-acre Horse Farm property from the city in order to raise the funds necessary to develop the raw acreage into a public park.
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has received new responsibilities from state lawmakers, giving him oversight of a board that promotes Louisiana seafood.
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has received new responsibilities from state lawmakers, giving him oversight of a board that promotes Louisiana seafood.
There shouldn't be any hang-ups if hunters and fishermen want to donate their catch to nonprofits that feed the hungry.
There shouldn't be any hang-ups if hunters and fishermen want to donate their catch to nonprofits that feed the hungry.
The list will have to include the name of each recipient, the board member who gave the scholarship and the annual dollar value of the award. Refusal to submit the information would suspend board members' ability to give scholarships.
The list will have to include the name of each recipient, the board member who gave the scholarship and the annual dollar value of the award. Refusal to submit the information would suspend board members' ability to give scholarships.
The legislation, signed Tuesday, will steer a slice of state sales tax to the Telecommunications Fund for the Deaf. It was a compromise reached after Jindal opposed a proposal to charge a new, 2-cent monthly tax on cell phones to drum up money for the fund.
The legislation, signed Tuesday, will steer a slice of state sales tax to the Telecommunications Fund for the Deaf. It was a compromise reached after Jindal opposed a proposal to charge a new, 2-cent monthly tax on cell phones to drum up money for the fund.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles — anywhere from the top 10 to the largest ever.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles — anywhere from the top 10 to the largest ever.
We’re not sure which takes more conviction and drive: bicycling from New Orleans to Houston — the Gulf Coast energy corridor — to raise awareness about the fossil fuel industry’s effect on the climate change or doing it during the hottest, muggiest time of the year.
Shadows-on-the-Teche is holding a special two-day history workshop for children to explore what it was like to grow up in 1863.
After several local business owners and the president of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce voiced their opposition, an introductory ordinance that would have repealed the 2 percent rebate offered to merchants for collecting and remitting sales taxes in the city and unincorporated parish was defeated on a 4-4 vote.
The City-Parish Council on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of resolution that will allow a private nonprofit organization to lease the 100-acre Horse Farm property from the city in order to raise the funds necessary to develop the raw acreage into a public park.
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has received new responsibilities from state lawmakers, giving him oversight of a board that promotes Louisiana seafood.
The No. 4-seeded Tigers (57-11) went 0-2 in their first CWS appearance since winning the 2009 national title.
There shouldn't be any hang-ups if hunters and fishermen want to donate their catch to nonprofits that feed the hungry.
The list will have to include the name of each recipient, the board member who gave the scholarship and the annual dollar value of the award. Refusal to submit the information would suspend board members' ability to give scholarships.
The legislation, signed Tuesday, will steer a slice of state sales tax to the Telecommunications Fund for the Deaf. It was a compromise reached after Jindal opposed a proposal to charge a new, 2-cent monthly tax on cell phones to drum up money for the fund.
Try the Pie Hole's Hudson Hawk Pie for a mid-week indulgence.
Here's your daily look at late-breaking national and international news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday, June 19, 2013:
Rod Warmke moves up to executive vice president at Knight Oil Tools International and Mike Foster is elevated to vice president of operations.
A seasoned IT specialist and successful businessman, Auer joins Lafayette's Global Data Systems.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles — anywhere from the top 10 to the largest ever.
Your creative juices will flow, just as the wine flows into your glass.
Fresh off its recent merger with the Acadiana Center for the Arts, the nonprofit arts present will bring a variety of performances including dance, chamber music and a Grammy-winning jazz master to the Heymann Performing Arts Center.
ABiz’s annual commercial real estate roundtable discussion comes to life.
After years of neglect, University Place Apartments will enter the fall semester a top contender for off-campus housing for UL students thanks to new ownership and a recently completed multi-million dollar renovation.
Gov. Bobby Jindal says he plans to visit all 64 Louisiana parishes in the coming months.
Attempts to limit Gulf Coast oil spill penalty money to coastal restoration in the Louisiana Constitution failed to gain legislative passage for a second year, while disagreements continue over just how tightly the dollars should be restricted.
The state education board is being asked to allocate $2 million for a pilot program to expand online high school course offerings to public school students.
Parents will soon be able to try to get poor-performing schools in the Recovery School District returned to local control.
Potential executive sessions are scheduled Wednesday during a special meeting of the Lafayette Parish School Board to start the administrative hearing processes for two bus drivers, one being Kenny Mire, who has been on paid leave since his OWI arrest in 2009.
What to wear to the summer wedding, wherever that might be
INDEats Downtown Dish is Andoli's Special, a hand-held savory delight.
After yet another delay, the Lafayette City-Parish Council will consider on Tuesday an ordinance that would repeal a 50-year-old law giving retailers in the city and unincorporated parish a slice of the sales tax pie.
Don's Seafood and Steakhouse's seafood salad starts off the summer-long local dining campaign as the EatLafayette Dish of the Day.
Local improvisational theatre troupe Silverbacks, formerly the Stage Monkeys of Lafayette, return to Theatre 810 on Wednesday to deliver more of their unique improv comedy.
Obama's signature legislative achievement is all but certain to be central in the 2014 midterm campaign.
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