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Louisiana Carbon Capture Permitting Fight
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06/01
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1995
Executive Summary
Louisiana’s carbon capture agenda is being reshaped by permitting pauses, lawsuits, and legislative fights over land rights, local authority, and project oversight. Industry expansion plans remain active, but public resistance and regulatory uncertainty are now central.
Key Points
- Louisiana has become the main battleground for carbon capture and storage governance, with repeated conflict over permits, pipelines, and underground storage rights.
- State leaders have paused or slowed new CCS permitting while industry groups continue pushing projects tied to industrial decarbonization and investment.
- Property rights and eminent domain are the most persistent flashpoints, especially where private land is needed for CO2 pipelines or storage wells.
- Local opposition has moved from public meetings to lawsuits and parish resolutions, showing growing organized resistance at the community level.
- Supporters frame CCS as an industrial and economic development tool, especially for Gulf Coast chemicals, fertilizer, LNG, and related infrastructure.
- Concerns about groundwater, safety, monitoring, and project performance continue to shape the debate and drive demands for stronger oversight.
- Louisiana still has a large project pipeline, but the approval process looks increasingly fragmented and politically contested.
Featured Article
Louisiana lawmakers in the 2020s consider bills to restrict CCS storage and expand parish approval as community opposition grows.
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In Livingston Parish, Louisiana, Save My Louisiana challenged carbon capture and storage during a public event focused on pipeline safety and eminent domain governance.
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.
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.
Residents and environmental advocates contested Air Products carbon capture and storage in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, before a Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality air permit hearing on April 17.
Louisiana industrial and energy projects in 2024 face tariff costs and shifting carbon capture and federal energy policies as CCS approvals remain limited.
Louisiana lawmakers rejected House Bill 7 in committee during the 2026 session, keeping eminent domain authority for carbon capture and pipeline land acquisition intact.
Residents in Oberlin, Louisiana held a Feb. 24, 2025 town hall opposing carbon capture and sequestration as state legislators pledged spring 2025 restriction bills.
Save My Louisiana sued Louisiana in Baton Rouge in the 2020s to challenge CCS permitting for private-land CO2 storage, following a Vernon Parish resolution and a Gov. Jeff Landry moratorium.
Louisiana leaders and lawmakers contest carbon capture and sequestration as 16 parishes oppose CO2 pipeline proposals amid an active U.S. Senate campaign.
Louisiana experts evaluate CCS deployment for lower-carbon industrial inputs, citing Gulf Coast geology, Class VI CO2 permanence requirements, and existing enhanced oil recovery storage.
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.
John Fleming, Julia Letlow, and Bill Cassidy contest a Louisiana Senate Republican primary using carbon capture and sequestration governance and eminent domain limits as election drivers.
Louisiana lawmakers scheduled an oversight hearing on the 2022 Climate Action Plan after House passage of a resolution, as CCS disputes and coastal risk projections shape debate in 2025.
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Jeff Landry and John Fleming clashed in Louisiana during a Republican Senate primary over carbon capture and storage support and legislative claims.
Environmental groups and industry regulators evaluate 65 proposed CCS projects in Louisiana as of 2025.
Louisiana CCS panels explain Class VI permitting, multi-barrier well safety, and Gulf Coast geology advantages for scaling CO2 storage to support industrial competitiveness.
Russel Honore warns Louisiana lawmakers in 2026 session about carbon capture risks to Chicot Aquifer in southwest Louisiana.
Louisiana lawmakers and the Green Army debate carbon capture and storage ahead of the 2026 Regular Legislative Session in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana governor pauses new Class VI CCS permits in Louisiana to tighten oversight amid subsidies and safety concerns.
Louisiana House Natural Resources Committee members in 2026 rejected House Bill 7 after debate over eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.
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.
Environmental Integrity Project analysis shows Louisiana has at least 65 proposed carbon capture projects statewide, prompting safety and oversight demands from local groups in 2026.
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 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.
ExxonMobil transports and stores CO2 from NG3 in Louisiana starting in 2025, signaling CCS momentum along the Gulf Coast.