Louisiana residents oppose CF Industries CO2 pipeline planned near homes and schools

Residents in Livingston Parish are pushing back on a proposed 50 mile CF Industries CO2 pipeline that would run from Ascension Parish to an injection site in Holden. The line would carry about 2.3 million tons of carbon dioxide each year from a new ammonia plant in Modeste. Homeowners near Satsuma and French Settlement say the route passes within yards of houses and close to schools, and they are not getting clear answers on safety plans. The project still depends on state approval for the Pelican Sequestration Hub injection well. Louisiana's Department of Conservation and Energy has not made a final call, and the governor's moratorium on new carbon injection applications does not apply to permits filed before last October. Opponents point to the 2020 pipeline rupture in Sartoria, Mississippi as a warning about how a CO2 leak can overwhelm a rural community with limited emergency services.