ExxonKnews
June 18, 2025
In a move that complicates Louisiana’s transition toward renewable energy, a bill passed by the Louisiana Legislature last week redefines natural gas, a fossil fuel, as “green energy” and instructs state utilities to use energy generated by hydrocarbons.
The bill is headed to Gov. Jeff Landry, who is expected to sign it into law later this month.
Some critics found the very idea ludicrous. “There’s nothing clean or green about continued extraction of carbon from underground, whatever the flavor is,” said James Hiatt, a former oil and gas worker from Calcasieu Parish and founder of For a Better Bayou. “For them to categorize [hydrocarbons] as green is just a blatant lie by lobbyists for the oil and gas industry.”
