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A new lawsuit is taking aim at Louisiana’s fast-moving carbon capture build-out, arguing the state has crossed a constitutional line, The Center Square reports.
Filed in East Baton Rouge Parish, the suit claims laws passed since 2020 improperly allow private CCS developers to use eminent domain to secure land for injection wells and pipelines—amounting, plaintiffs say, to taking private property for private gain. The nonprofit Save My Louisiana and several central Louisiana landowners want courts to halt all state permitting tied to Class VI wells, which store CO2 deep underground.
The challenge lands as Louisiana, newly granted primacy over Class VI regulation, is reviewing more than 30 proposed projects concentrated in central and southwest parishes. Local pushback prompted Gov. Jeff Landry early in fall to pause new applications and order a 45-day review of 33 pending permits. The lawsuit adds fresh pressure to a sector seen as economically significant—but politically volatile—as communities demand greater protections, transparency and local control.
