Louisiana kicks off one of the US’s biggest carbon capture projects yet
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#64R0R)
The CF Industries fertilizer complex in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, on June 30th, 2022. | Photo by Emily Kask for The Washington Post via Getty Images A massive effort to capture the pollution causing climate change is marching forward in Louisiana, and it's becoming a major flashpoint in the debate over how to clean up an energy state" speckled with fossil fuel and petrochemical plants.
This week, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced an unprecedented" collaboration between two oil and gas giants, ExxonMobil and EnLink Midstream, and leading ammonia producer CF Industries. In what they're calling the largest-of-its-kind commercial agreement," the three companies will attempt to capture 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, transport the gas across the state, and bury it underground.
Three companies will attempt to capture 2 million tons of carbon dioxide...