GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally • Louisiana Illuminator

GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally • Louisiana Illuminator

The company Climeworks uses large fans to capture carbon dioxide at its Mammoth facility in Iceland. The fans draw air through filters that capture carbon dioxide using an absorbing material. This same process will be used at a federally supported facility being developed in Calcasieu Parish. (Climeworks)A technology touted by the oil and gas industry as a way to keep drilling but with a lower carbon footprint is facing new opposition from Repub…

GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally

A technology touted by the oil and gas industry as a way to keep drilling but with a lower carbon footprint is facing new opposition from Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, the U.S. epicenter of the push for carbon capture and sequestration.Environmentalists have long questioned the cost, risks and effectiveness of CCS. But now their critique is being echoed by fossil-fuel friendly Republicans, who increasingly are pressed by homeowners around L…