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President Joe Biden has yet another headache on his hands after environmentalists have begun turning on this "green" policy.

Donaldsonville, Louisiana, is home to several petrochemical plants and refineries, which emits massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the environment each year.

Louisiana environmentalists are chastising the Biden administration for supporting certain carbon capture projects as part of the president's climate initiative.

EPA considers why it should — or shouldn’t — put the state in charge of OK’ing carbon storage projects.

Louisiana’s ability to regulate carbon capture injection wells went before the court of public opinion Wednesday as proponents and critics of the burgeoning industry sparred at the first day of

EPA proposes handing regulation of carbon storage to state officials in Louisiana. Activists fear the risks, and the chance it could perpetuate the fossil fuel industry.

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Thirty years ago, a report called out Louisiana’s petrochemical industry for building plants in areas with a large Black population. On Monday, a new update to the report found that little had changed, and new plants in the state’s chemical corridor are still disproportionately planned near Black communities, according to an analysis by a New Orleans-based environmental justice nonprofit.

"After residents of America’s “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana put a national spotlight on their fight for a healthy environment, the state’s economic interests and petrochemical giants are backing the creation of a new “sustainability council” to counter grassroots activists, documents show."

Chevron and ExxonMobil are among the companies in a ‘sustainability council’ countering grassroots activists