A landowners’ rights group is challenging Louisiana laws that support carbon capture projects in a case that could upend a nearly two-decade bipartisan effort to attract the growing industry.
Save My Louisiana claims that six bills related to CO2 pipelines and storage wells, signed by Republican and Democratic governors between 2008 and 2024, are unconstitutional. The nonprofit was founded in July by landowners who live near planned carbon storage wells or pipelines and is part of a broader network of anti-carbon capture groups that have sprung up in Louisiana.
The civil suit against Gov. Jeff Landry (R) and his secretary of Conservation and Energy was filed last month in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court. The landowners, including Save My Louisiana directors Robert Maddox and Mike Slocum, are asking the court to block state officials from implementing or enforcing the carbon capture laws and declare the statutes “unconstitutional, void, and of no effect,” the 21-page suit said.
The complaint comes as the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations and support for low-carbon projects. Policymakers in Baton Rouge are also reconsidering Louisiana’s embrace of carbon management.
