Carbon Capture
HotIn the Louisiana Legislature
- HB79: Removes damage threshold for carbon capture release
This law removed a damage threshold that had applied to carbon capture release reporting or requirements. Under the prior law, a certain amount of damage may have been needed before a rule applied. That threshold no long
- HR144: Requests that the Board of Regents provide for a rigorous, peer-reviewed study on the potential effects of mixing stream…
This law asks the Louisiana Board of Regents to arrange a peer-reviewed academic study on how mixing different streams of captured carbon dioxide, from industrial sites and directly from the air, could affect Louisiana's
- HB304: Provides relative to venue for claims involving expropriation for carbon capture
This law sets rules for which court (the venue) can hear legal claims when land is taken through expropriation for carbon capture projects. Expropriation is the legal process where private property is taken for a project
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