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Letters: Carbon capture is an ineffective solution to climate change

Por: The Advocate Opinion January 16, 2024

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The EPA recently granted “primacy” to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for regulation of Class VI wells, used exclusively to sequester captured carbonThis occurred despite a flood of opposition and the abysmal record of LDNR in cleaning up an estimated 4,000 abandoned oil wells and preventing the Bayou Corne implosion. A teenager was killed on an abandoned oil well in 2021. Carbon capture and storage sounds good: simply... + full article



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