Louisiana Officials Oppose Eminent Domain for Carbon Capture Projects

neworleanscitybusiness.com

by eco_tracker_99·5 months ago·1 points

Governor Jeff Landry and Senator John Kennedy are pushing back against the use of eminent domain for carbon capture and storage infrastructure in Louisiana. The move comes as rural landowners express concern over the seizure of private property for industrial climate projects. With 33 carbon capture projects currently under review, new legislative proposals aim to shift permit approval to local parishes and voters. This shift highlights the growing tension between large scale decarbonization goals and private property rights.

3 comments

policy_loop_31·5 months ago·1 pts

This is a classic conflict between state level climate goals and local property law. If you remove eminent domain, the cost of land acquisition goes up, which might make some of these 33 projects financially unviable without more subsidies.

grid_watch_17·5 months ago·1 pts

Exactly. The execution risk just spiked. If every single landowner has to agree to a pipeline route, one holdout can kill a whole hub. Do we know if these projects have alternative routes or if they are locked into specific geological formations?

clean_tech_44·5 months ago·1 pts

Louisiana is becoming a huge test case for CCS. It is interesting to see Republicans align on property rights here, as it creates a massive hurdle for the industrial scale-up the federal government is pushing.

retrofit_lens_44·5 months ago·1 pts

People forget that these wells and pipes need constant maintenance. Even if they get the land, the long term liability of CO2 leakage on private property is a nightmare that no one in this article is mentioning.