Louisiana

Member since 2021
Louisiana Governor Edwards | US Climate Alliance
From the Governor

If you think that clean energy doesn’t equal jobs, you couldn’t be more wrong …This is the future I’ve been talking about harnessing. And we can either get on board or get left behind. Ultimately, our motivation for advancing clean energy should be preserving the land we are so very blessed to call home so that Louisiana will not be washed away.

Gov. John Bel Edwards

Louisiana Climate Actions at a Glance

Louisiana is advancing high-impact climate policies, actions, and regulations across the Alliance’s 10 key policy areas. These solutions centered around equity, environmental justice, and a just economic transition are being deployed at scale to safeguard public health, grow the U.S. economy, and secure a net-zero future.  

 

This list includes both statutory and executive policies and actions that Louisiana has adopted or is in the process of adopting (as of October 2022).

  • Lead by Example programs & goals
  • Economy-wide GHG goal
  • Carbon neutral goal
  • State climate action plan
  • Green and/or resilient infrastructure banks
  • 100% clean electricity goal
  • Renewable portfolio standards
  • Regulations addressing HFCs
  • Regulations addressing methane from oil & gas,
    landfill, and agricultural sources
  • Regulations addressing GHG emissions
    from industrial sources
  • Buy clean programs, studies, or pilot projects
  • Environmental justice offices or interagency bodies
  • Just transition offices or interagency bodies
  • NWL conservation or sequestration goals
  • NWL in GHG inventories
  • Carbon market participation
  • Statewide resilience or adaptation plan
  • Resilience offices or interagency bodies
  • Low-emission vehicle goals
  • Zero-emission vehicle goals

Want To Learn More?

For the most up-to-date, in-depth breakdown of climate 

actions across each policy priority, 

explore the U.S. Climate Alliance Policy Database.