AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 8 -- Babcock and Wilcox Enterprises, a provider of energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets, issued the following news: * * * * Hydrogen and CO2 will be produced from B&W's BrightLoopTM technology using biomass and other solid fuels * Production anticipated to begin in mid-2026 * * * Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that it has reached an agreement on a term sheet for General Hydrogen Corp., a CGI Gases subsid  more

BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Bossier Parish Community College issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) and University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) have signed an agreement to collaborate and share resources in the redesign of English remedial courses. Board of Regents institutions will now offer a corequisite model, where students with developmental needs enroll in English 101 together with a supplemental laboratory course. By working toge  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Grambling State University issued the following news: San Antonio native Brandon A. Logan has been named Vice President for University Advancement and Innovation at Grambling State University (GSU). In that role, Logan also serves as Executive Director of the Grambling University Foundation, Inc. while also leading university teams in strategic communication and marketing, alumni engagement, philanthropy, career services, university events, and innovative initi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Louisiana Attorney General and candidate for governor Jeff Landry continues to run and hide as his Republican opponents sharpen their attacks against him. NOLA.com noted yesterday that Landry, who "has avoided many forums, took few questions and evaded the media as he left the secretary of state's offices." For months, Landry's opponents have hammered him for "ducking events where all of the candidates appea  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Aug. 9 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana recently completed construction of a transmission project that adds resiliency and increases reliability to the electrical grid in southwest Louisiana. The completion of this project will also help attract new economic development projects to the region and benefit existing residential, commercial and industrial customers in the area. The Mud Lake to Big Lake transmission project spans from an exist  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Aug. 9 -- Grambling State University issued the following news: Harry Lamar Anderson, Jr. has been named the new Director of Civil Rights/Title IX Coordinator at Grambling State University. Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination, harassment, and violence and requires colleges and universities to follow procedures to investigate complaints. "Mr. Anderson brings knowledge of Title IX, the investigation process, and the work required to help ensure a s  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 7, 2023: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Tom Harris announced that contractors have plugged more than 500 orphaned well sites in the first six-and-a-half months of work funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). "The work we've been able to accomplish in Louisiana using BIL funding is nothing short of transformational," said   more

BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 10, 2023: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), as well as several federal and state leaders, to officially break ground and begin construction on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The project is widely regarded as the most ambitious environmental restoration project in the state's history. Once operational, the first-of-  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 10, 2023: First Solar, the largest solar energy manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, announced it has selected Acadiana Regional Airport as the site of its fifth American manufacturing facility. The company said it will invest up to $1.1 billion in the facility, which will produce high-performance photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. The project is expected to be complete in the first half of  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug.11, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding to advance the development of a commercial-scale direct air carbon capture facility in Southwest Louisiana. Project Cypress is expected to create 2,300 good-paying jobs and remove one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year from the atmosphere--an amount equivalent to roughly 222,500 gasoline-powered car  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news on Aug. 9, 2023: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's landmark lawsuit against President Joe Biden and numerous high-ranking officials across multiple federal agencies will have a major court hearing on Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments in Louisiana and Missouri v. Biden et al. on a federal judg  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University's College of Education and Human Sciences has announced that Dr. Lindsey Keith-Vincent, Associate Dean for Research, Outreach, and Innovation, has been appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to serve as a distinguished member of the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission (LEEC). In this prestigious role, Vincent will contribute her expertise and passion for education to advance env  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Research has shown that the Louisiana coast is slipping away little by little, which will continue to impact coastal communities. One such community that goes mostly unnoticed are Native Americans, whose archaeological sites are greatly affected by coastal erosion. Wanting to help Louisiana tribes sustain their sacred ground, faculty in the LSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineer  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- Louisiana State University Alexandria campus issued the following news: LSUA Chancellor Paul Coreil, along with staff members Cathy Robinson, Melissa Whitley, and Teresa Seymour received accolades for their exceptional leadership and support of Online Programs at the LSU Online & Continuing Education's (OCE) 2023 Spring Innovation Series event. The event, held as part of LSU's ongoing commitment to promoting a culture of innovation and transformative change, exp  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news: The world's largest known gecko will have a new name thanks to research conducted by a group of herpetologists, which included LSUS faculty member Dr. Stuart Nielsen. Nielsen co-authored a study in which DNA was extracted from a 200-year-old museum specimen, the only existing example of Hoplodactylus delcourti, which is approximately 50 percent longer than the next largest known g  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford continues to bolster its talented team with the addition of three accomplished attorneys. Pamela Gautier, Melissa Losch, and Taylor Lombardo have joined the firm's New Orleans office, bringing their deep knowledge to the firm's Labor & Employment, Enterprise Litigation and Investigations, and Financial Services Litigation practice groups, respectively. "Melissa, Pamela, an  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Louisiana Economic Development has partnered with Greater New Orleans, Inc., and others in launching Metronome, a series of programs focused on growing the business aspects of the New Orleans-area music industry. The music business accelerator project seeks to construct a self-sustaining music industry for New Orleans in which local music industry professionals can thrive. Participants in the M  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: First Solar, the largest solar energy manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, announced Thursday that it will build its fifth U.S. manufacturing facility at Acadiana Regional Airport in New Iberia, La. That will place a facility in which First Solar anticipates investing $1.1 billion - believed to be the largest single capital investment in the area's history - a short dist  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Southern University issued the following news on Aug. 11, 2023: Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) unveiled its state-of-the-art Law Enforcement Use of Force Simulator today. The simulator, gifted to the campus by Ti Training, a leading provider of law enforcement training solutions, aims to foster a better understanding of police decision-making and enhance relationships between the community and law enforcement. The simulator will be open for members   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 12 -- Battelle, a nonprofit research and development organization, issued the following news release: Battelle and leading clean technology developers Climeworks and Heirloom have received Notification of Selection from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a proposal for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hubs program. The Project Cypress DAC Hub is planned to be sited in Southwest Louisiana and is designed to advance the commercializa  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The game mancala may have originated as far back as 6000 BCE in Jordan and is played around the world to this day. It consists of stones that players move between a series of small pits on a wooden game board. The point of the game is to get all the stones into the last pit at the end of the board. In a new study published in AVS Quantum Science, researchers at Tulane University apply a modified so  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls undergraduate biology pre-med major Emily Gaudet and University of West Florida undergraduate marine biology major Brett Renken both represented Nicholls during the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. "It has been so rewarding to work with Emily and Brett this summer. They are outstanding researchers and have done some really cool work to identify wh  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Aug. 9 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: In addition to Daryl Joseph Moore, who became dean of the College of the Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette earlier this year, the college has announced several key leadership changes. Professor Kari Smith is its new interim associate dean. She moves into the role after serving as director of the college's School of Architecture and Design. William Riehm has been named   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Aug. 11 -- The University of Mississippi Medical Center issued the following news: P&W Financial Group, in partnership with the Northwestern Mutual Foundation and Alex's Lemonade Stand, made a planned donation of $2 million to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's of Mississippi. Steven Dugal, CEO of Northwestern Mutual-Louisiana and Mississippi, said he is "tremendously proud of their decision to make a planned donation to UMMC, which will directly aid   more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Aug. 7 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: With a $100,000 gift to the University of Mississippi, Gabriella and Marshall St. Amant, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have established the Dr. Carmen Posada-Pepper and St. Amant Family Classics Endowment and the Dr. Carmen Posada-Pepper and St. Amant Family Croft Endowment. The endowments memorialize Gabriella St. Amant's mother, who died in June 2022, and honor the educational experiences shared by t  more