Air Products is in pursuit of an Army Corps Clean Water Act 404 permit and Louisiana Coastal Use Permit that would allow for the construction of a carbon sequestration facility. If Air Products gets the permits, it will be authorized to build a 24-inch pipeline that would carry pressurized carbon dioxide from its proposed plant to wells beneath Lake Maurepas. Construction would impact water quality and harm aquatic life and could negatively affect home values and businesses that thrive off the current uses of the lake.
Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.