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.
For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.
Commercial fishing within national monument boundaries threatens protected marine habitats, endangered species, and the long-term health of our world’s oceans
Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.
This case challenges President Donald J. Trump’s unlawful Proclamation 10918 of April 17, 2025, which purports to strip core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and to open the Monument to commercial fishing.