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Louisiana Carbon Capture Fight Expands
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2025
The Topic
Louisiana is facing a widening dispute over proposed carbon capture and storage projects, with residents and local officials challenging their safety, land-use implications, oversight, and economic benefits. State lawmakers rejected a package of bills that would have expanded parish authority over projects, while communities continue to organize around groundwater protection and eminent-domain concerns. At the same time, permitting remains active and the cancellation of Air Products’ Louisiana clean-energy complex highlights commercial uncertainty around some low-carbon investments.
First Article: 12/15/20
Latest Article: 07/01/26
Summary
- Louisiana lawmakers rejected more than a dozen bills that would have expanded parish authority over carbon capture projects.
- Community opposition focuses on possible CO2 migration, groundwater contamination, long-term oversight, and the use of eminent domain for pipeline and storage rights.
- Supporters present CCS as a way to retain industrial investment and produce lower-carbon fuels and materials for customers seeking reduced emissions.
- More than 60 projects have been described as planned in Louisiana, while opponents cite hundreds of pending permits and seek additional scientific review.
- Air Products terminated its Louisiana Clean Energy Complex after determining expected returns did not meet its criteria, recording up to $2.9 billion in pre-tax charges.
- A related Alabama storage hub is revising its EPA Class VI permit application after regulators requested additional information.
History
The story is now more explicitly broadened to include an active federal permitting fight and a new out-of-state example showing regulatory friction for CCS projects. The Louisiana core remains the same, but the commercial uncertainty and regulatory scrutiny now appear more immediate and concrete.
The story now includes a concrete commercial setback: Air Products canceled its Louisiana Clean Energy Complex after concluding returns were too weak, adding market pressure to the political fight. The legislative fight also sharpened, with parish-control bills failing while opposition continues to center on property rights, groundwater, and eminent domain.
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06-30-2026
Air Products ended the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex in 2026 after a review found projected returns below criteria, while Air Products and Yara finalized a NEOM renewable-ammonia agreement.
05-13-2026
In Livingston Parish, Louisiana, Save My Louisiana challenged carbon capture and storage during a public event focused on pipeline safety and eminent domain governance.
06-01-2026
Jennings, Louisiana residents will hold a June 4 forum on carbon capture and sequestration proposals, emphasizing Chicot Aquifer risks and an eminent-domain lawsuit tied to underground CO2 storage.
Timeline: 2025 Days
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Louisiana House committee members in Baton Rouge killed multiple bills in 2020s session aimed at giving parishes more control over carbon capture sequestration and storage decisions.
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Louisiana House lawmakers rejected HB7 at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge on a proposal limiting private property seizure for carbon capture, following community concerns about CO2 pipeline risks.
Louisiana House Committee rejected Rep. Mike Johnson's eminent-domain restriction bill for carbon capture sequestration infrastructure, preserving the 2020 law enabling land seizure in Louisiana.
The Environmental Integrity Project found at least 65 proposed carbon capture and sequestration projects in Louisiana in 2025, prompting safety and permitting disputes across Louisiana parishes.
Louisiana House Bill 7 restricting eminent-domain land seizures for carbon capture storage and pipelines failed in a committee hearing held in Louisiana.
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Save My Louisiana and local landowners sued Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy on Nov. 20 in Baton Rouge over eminent domain use for CO2 pipelines and storage wells.
Louisiana House Bill 7 failed 12-7 in a Natural Resources and Energy committee hearing on eminent domain limits for carbon capture storage pipelines in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana House Natural Resources Committee members in 2026 rejected House Bill 7 after debate over eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.
Louisiana legislators ended the Landowner Protection Act in committee after testimony on eminent domain limits for carbon capture land seizures.
Louisiana lawmakers rejected House Bill 7 in the House Natural Resources Committee after disputes over restricting eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.
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