Battle over carbon storage in Louisiana launches in legislature • Louisiana Illuminator

Battle over carbon storage in Louisiana launches in legislature • Louisiana Illuminator

An artist's rendering of Heirloom Carbon Technology's proposed direct air capture facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Northwest Louisiana. (Image credit: Heirloom Carbon Technology)As projects to store carbon underground in Louisiana await permit approval to begin putting shovels in the ground, state lawmakers are mulling over whether to allow locals to have more of a say on whether such developments should be given the green light. Carbon …

Carbon capture company seeks more permits for controversial CCS project

Lapis Carbon Solutions, a carbon capture and sequestration developer and operator, has filed a coastal use permit with the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources. The public comment period ends Wednesday, April 23. Lapis has filed multiple permits with state agencies as part of its planned LIBRA project, which would develop a 14,000-acre carbon storage site in the parish. If approved, the latest permit would help pave the way for a…

Battle over carbon storage in Louisiana launches in legislature

As projects to store carbon underground in Louisiana await permit approval to begin putting shovels in the ground, state lawmakers are mulling over whether to allow locals to have more of a say on whether such developments should be given…