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Tag: carbon capture

A bright pink Roseate spoonbill flies low over the grassy wetlands of south Louisiana, its wings fully extended against a backdrop of wildflowers and marsh vegetation.

Nobody seems to want carbon capture — not even Air Products

Air Products wants to off-load its risk for a proposed carbon-capture project in Lake Maurepas, which the writers see as a signal that carbon-capture technology, “a corporate experiment,” is also too risky for the state of Louisiana.
by Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré and Livingston Parish Councilman Dean Coates December 8, 2025 Updated December 11, 2025

Tax incentives start rush for carbon capture projects

For years, fossil fuel companies have been reluctant to build carbon capture facilities, except to recover oil, because it was too expensive. Now, with the aid of a federal tax credit in the 2022 federal Inflation Reduction Act, they are lining up to capture and store carbon with the potential to make billions of dollars in profit.
by Terry L. Jones for Floodlight March 28, 2023 Updated March 28, 2023

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