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Louisiana Faces Carbon Capture Backlash
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04/05
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Executive Summary
Louisiana leads the nation in proposed carbon capture projects, fueling safety, transparency, and permitting fights over the state's fast-growing CCS buildout.
- Louisiana has at least 65 proposed carbon capture and sequestration projects, the most of any state
- Proposals include 30 direct air capture projects, 35 injection facilities, 11 pipelines, and one storage terminal
- The projects are planned to capture at least 33 million metric tons of CO2 a year
- Environmental groups say taxpayer subsidies are backing enhanced oil recovery and prolonging fossil fuel use
- Advocates are calling for permit pauses, stricter oversight, and stronger monitoring before more projects advance
- Gov. Jeff Landry issued a moratorium on new carbon dioxide injection permit applications in October 2025
- Local groups cite transparency gaps and safety risks near schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods
Quick Facts
- What: Rapid growth in proposed carbon capture projects faces backlash
- Where: Louisiana, especially Cameron and Ascension parishes
- Why: Safety, transparency, and permitting concerns over CCS expansion
- Who: Environmental groups, Louisiana officials, and local advocates
- When: In 2025 and into the 2026 legislative session
Coverage Timeline: 1938 Days
Featured Article
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.
Additional Articles
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Louisiana leaders and lawmakers contest carbon capture and sequestration as 16 parishes oppose CO2 pipeline proposals amid an active U.S. Senate campaign.
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 Committee rejected Rep. Mike Johnson's eminent-domain restriction bill for carbon capture sequestration infrastructure, preserving the 2020 law enabling land seizure in Louisiana.
Louisiana lawmakers rejected House Bill 7 in committee during the 2026 session, keeping eminent domain authority for carbon capture and pipeline land acquisition intact.
Louisiana House Bill 7 restricting eminent-domain land seizures for carbon capture storage and pipelines failed in a committee hearing held in Louisiana.
Louisiana lawmakers in the 2020s consider bills to restrict CCS storage and expand parish approval as community opposition grows.
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 experts evaluate CCS deployment for lower-carbon industrial inputs, citing Gulf Coast geology, Class VI CO2 permanence requirements, and existing enhanced oil recovery storage.
Residents in Oberlin, Louisiana held a Feb. 24, 2025 town hall opposing carbon capture and sequestration as state legislators pledged spring 2025 restriction bills.
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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 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.
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 legislators ended the Landowner Protection Act in committee after testimony on eminent domain limits for carbon capture land seizures.
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 lawmakers rejected House Bill 7 in the House Natural Resources Committee after disputes over restricting eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.
Louisiana CCS panels explain Class VI permitting, multi-barrier well safety, and Gulf Coast geology advantages for scaling CO2 storage to support industrial competitiveness.
ExxonMobil transports and stores CO2 from NG3 in Louisiana starting in 2025, signaling CCS momentum along the Gulf Coast.