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Sky Leger points to “mud blisters” — deposits of silt — inside a freshly opened oyster in Cameron, Louisiana, on Friday, January 23, 2026. Leger said the mud blisters ruin the oysters that were meant to be sold to local restaurants.

Carlyle Calhoun, Drew Hawkins, Halle Parker

Two years ago, we investigated the Liquified Natural Gas export build out on the Gulf Coast. We followed those exports around the world from Louisiana to Germany to Japan to unravel the story of LNG.But that story isn’t over. Today, host Carlyle Calhoun returns to LNG with Gulf States Newsroom reporter Drew Hawkins. They talk about how people in Southwest Louisiana are still being impacted by this build out, how LNG exports are affecting your electricity bills and what the war in Iran means for this industry.

Woodside Energy’s Pluto liquified natural gas facility in Western Australia.

Coastal Desk

State, local officials break ground on Woodside LNG project in Calcasieu Parish

Michael McEwen

Woodside Energy’s $17.5 billion production and export facility, best known as “Louisiana LNG,” represents the largest foreign direct investment in state history.

Environmental advocate James Hiatt of For a Better Bayou says communities see little benefit when liquefied natural gas terminals come to town — but the facilities often receive significant local tax breaks. “They give little peanuts. (It’s) nothing to the amount of money that they have been given by the government and the people here,” Hiatt says.

Coastal Desk

Trump-fueled gas boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge

Pam Radtke, Floodlight, Evan Simon (Floodlight), Jeffrey Basinger, Floodlight

Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia.

An aerial view of Calcasieu Pass LNG, another Venture Global LNG gas export plant, which is under construction in Cameron Parish where the Calcasieu Shipping Channel meets the Gulf of Mexico.

Coastal Desk

Trump’s energy department OKs new Louisiana LNG terminal

Tristan Baurick (Verite News)

Louisiana has four LNG terminals and two more are under construction. Many more are welcome, said Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

Coastal Desk

Australian company commits to $17.5B LNG export terminal in Louisiana

Wesley Muller (Louisiana Illuminator)

An Australian fossil fuel company committed Tuesday to build a $17.5 billion liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana, following up on plans first announced 10 years ago.

A liquefied natural gas tanker docks at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG, an export facility that started operating last year on the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Coastal Desk

LNG terminals threaten to push Calcasieu River pollution ‘beyond repair’

Delaney Dryfoos (The Lens)

The shrimp stopped coming up the Calcasieu River after Venture Global built its Liquified Natural Gas terminal. The river’s ongoing pollution, on top of decades of hazardous waste dumping, earned the Calcasieu the #9 slot on American Rivers’ 2025 list of most endangered rivers.

Dr. Olena Yazvuk, director of Horenko Outpatient Clinic in Ukraine, says her hospital’s shift to solar energy has been a huge benefit.

Coastal Desk

The perilous links between Ukraine’s energy future and Louisiana

Delaney Nolan for Louisiana Illuminator

LNG proponents say gas will help rebuild Ukraine. But critics say it will only help industry – undermining Ukraine’s security and Louisiana’s environment.

An aerial view of the mouth of the Calcasieu Ship Channel. Commonwealth LNG would be constructed on the right side of the channel across from Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG, which is already operating.

Coastal Desk

New Trump administration greenlights its first Louisiana LNG plant

Halle Parker

The agency that granted the permit found in 2024 that approving additional LNG exports could raise natural gas prices for U.S. consumers.

Coastal Desk

Exporting more US gas not sustainable, federal LNG study shows

Halle Parker

“The main takeaway is that a business-as-usual approach is neither sustainable nor advisable,” said U.S. Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm during a press call on Tuesday.

Two groups have asked a federal appellate court to review June’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision approving Venture Global’s proposed CP2 liquefied natural gas terminal in southwest Louisiana, which critics say would emit a massive amount of greenhouse gasses. It would be built next to this facility, Calcasieu Pass.

Coastal Desk

Tax breaks for LNG facilities will cost Louisiana parishes $21 billion: report

Elise Plunk (Louisiana Illuminator)

Tax breaks to the liquified natural gas export industry could deprive Louisiana communities of more than $21 billion in much needed infrastructure funds through 2040, according to a new report.