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State energy projects face pauses, cuts
in Washington, D.C. Its targets about whether Louisiana will con- the state. Trump administration could hit brakes edinclude Project Cypress in south- tinue to be a beneficiary of a naThe Energy Department had west Louisiana, a massive feder- tional movement under former already announced a round of $8 supported direct air capture President Joe Biden’s adminis- billion in funding cuts to clean on direct air capture, carbon plants ally project, as well as carbon-capture tration to bring technologies like energy in early October. Not long
BY SAM KARLIN
solar energy employment, amid a broader movement that may result in hundreds of millions of dollars The Trump administration has in Louisiana energy projects bequietly paused funding for initia- ing cut. The funding pause comes as a tives at LSU and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette that were list of proposed cuts by the Destudying direct air capture and partment of Energy has circulat-
Staff writer
projects by Entergy, Shell and Honeywell, among others. It’s not yet clear whether the projects will ultimately be cut, and the Department of Energy declined to answer questions for this story about the list’s authenticity. But the changes raise questions
direct air capture to market. And the potential cuts come at the same time an unusual coalition of rural conservatives and environmentalists have banded together to push back against a wave of projects by petrochemical companies to store CO2 deep underground all across
after, another list started circulating that proposed a second round of cuts, which include at least two university projects in Louisiana that have reported having their funding paused.
ä See CUTS, page 6A
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
Family Court complaints spark unusual uproar Child abuse allegations, misconduct complaints create clash among judges; now politicians are involved
EGGS DAYS
BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer
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ABOVE: Chefs, or ‘chevaliers,’ encircle a large griddle to stir a 5,041-egg omelet Sunday during the 41st annual Giant Omelette Festival on Concord Street in downtown Abbeville. RIGHT: Byron and Meg Hebert work fast to crack thousands of eggs. More on 1B. STAFF PHOTOS By BRAD KEMP
‘It’s what I’ll do forever’
Remote corner of N.O. being transformed into farm hub BY JOSIE ABUGOV Staff writer
When Kelly Cahill isn’t bartending, she tends to around 300 birds on her poultry farm — not in rural Louisiana, but just a short drive from the French Quarter. The only poultry farmer with her own processing shop in New Orleans, Cahill runs a one-woman show in Lower Coast Algiers, raising, slaughtering and selling the
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pasture-raised chickens and ducks to farmers markets and restaurants around the city. “It’s what I’ll do forever,” Cahill said on an October afternoon, peering into a mobile coop with 100 young ducks. Cahill, a 34-year-old Lafayette native, first got into farming through a Craigslist job posting for a vegetable farm over a decade ago. The
Annie Moore, of River Queen Greens in Lower Coast Algiers, pulls off her boots in the barn. STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE
In August 2023, a volatile divorce and custody case took a turn when a judge in Baton Rouge held a mother of twins in contempt of court and ordered months of jail time if she didn’t pay thousands to her ex-husband’s attorney. After a four-day trial, Family Court Judge Pam Baker found Katherine Diamond had harassed her ex-husband, posted online about custody matters against a court order and failed to pay child support, attorney fees or the house note. The judge tacked on another $50,000 in legal fees for Diamond to pay her ex-husband and wrote that Diamond, who has rarely seen her kids in years and only under supervision, “continues to be abusive to everyone she has contact with in this case.” A few weeks later, Baker tapped out, recusing herself over actions she found “so outrageous and extreme that the court fears for the safety of herself, her staff, and anyone else that Ms. Diamond perceives to be associated with the Court.” Diamond had posted about Baker’s family, the judge wrote, “including addresses and contact information for her husband and son.” To Baker, it’s only gotten worse since then. She said she plans to retire at the end of the year over what she calls dangerous and unwarranted scrutiny at the Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish, sparked by Diamond’s advocacy. “It’s frightening how unhinged some of the litigants are. It’s not worth it to endanger my family and myself,” Baker said. Unlike most bitter litigants, Diamond has mustered support from a cast of state leaders while accusing the court’s four judges and lawyers of abusing their powers. A trio of political influencers — Baton Rouge GOP head Woody Jenkins, Gonzales state Rep. Kathy Edmonston and Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jefferson Hughes
ä See FARM, page 3A
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ä See COURT, page 4A
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