By PATRICK COURREGES Residents around Lake Peigneur are not satisfied by a report stating the lake water is safe. In a news release this week, the state Department of Environmental Quality said tests show the lake's water appears uncontaminated.

By PATRICK COURREGES ABBEVILLE - The Atlanta company looking to expand its natural gas storage operation beneath Lake Peigneur on Wednesday held the first of two open house meetings for residents in Iberia and Vermilion parishes.

By PATRICK COURREGES On the face of it, the fight over whether to allow new holes to be drilled in the bottom of Lake Peigneur appears to be of the standard "not in my backyard" sort, but it has couple of unique wrinkles.

By PENNY BROWN A company with a controversial plan to store natural gas in salt domes beneath Lake Peigneur is suing the state in hopes of completing the project. Jefferson Island Storage & Hub - a subsidiary of AGL Resources Inc.

Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, LLC., a subsidiary of AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: ATG), filed suit against the state of Louisiana today to maintain its lease at Lake Peigneur to complete an ongoing natural gas storage expansion project.