White House support for carbon-capture projects is hitting opposition in Louisiana, where locals fear the risks and the influence of fossil fuel industries.
bipartisan infrastructure spending package of 2021 included nearly $18 billion combined for carbon capture and hydrogen., expanded tax credits for every ton of carbon a company captures, now as much as $85 a ton, up from $50.
But many local critics say Louisiana doesn’t deserve such power because of its history of weak oversight. Legislative audits in the last decade have found the state behind on forcing oil and gas companies to plug disused wells and on inspecting out-of-compliance wells — although the most recent audit noted great improvements since 2014.
That puts him at odds with national leaders of the environmental justice movement. Earlier this month, leaders from a dozen different groups nationwide joined the Deep South Center in a statement decrying carbon-capture development. In Louisiana, Black activists have found an uncommon ally in more conservative, White suburban and rural communities around Lake Maurepas. Air Products has struck a deal to put its waste carbon a mile deep under the lake, but locals have resisted, fearing what it would mean for shrimping and the lake’s health if the underground storage leaks.
“There are many cases in which well may work,” he said, adding though that, “what’s being proposed is much larger than what’s been done in the past.”emissions reduction and carbon-capture siting, said regulators will need to devote time to ensure these projects don’t result in disasters, even in the face of competing pressures.halve U.S. emissions by 2030
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