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Air Products announces fund to benefit Lake Maurepas communities
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:36 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:36 am
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Air Products will invest $1 million annually in communities bordering Lake Maurepas as part of the Lake Maurepas Community Fund, the company announced last week.
The fund, according to a press release, is anticipated to last through the operation of Air Products’ controversial Louisiana Clean Energy Complex project, which is set to last at least 25 years. The fund will award grants to eligible nonprofits supporting ecological, educational and recreational improvements for the area.
Livingston, St. John the Baptist, and Tangipahoa parishes will be the primary beneficiaries of the fund, the press release adds. The fund’s inaugural investments will go toward Livingston Parish Fire Protection District #2 and the Manchac Volunteer Fire Department, with each receiving a grant of $400,000 toward new patrol and emergency response boats.
The announcement comes after Air Products moved a large drilling rig and platform for use in carbon capture into Lake Maurepas in August.
Air Products’ development of the project, anticipated to capture emissions and inject 5 million tons of carbon dioxide per year about a mile beneath the lakebed, has been met with criticism from residents of the same communities the new fund aims to benefit.
As Louisiana Illuminator has reported, critics of the project oppose the company disturbing the fragile ecosystem that has supported local fisheries and restaurants for generations, with residents pointing out that Lake Maurepas is one of the last unspoiled waterways in the state.
“Air Products is committed to being a good neighbor in Louisiana and in all areas where it operates, and its work through the Lake Maurepas Community Fund and the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex further deepens that commitment,” the release states.
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Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:39 am to ragincajun03
Thanks for this. These new underground storage projects are of high interest to me lately. It’s a growing industry across the globe.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 7:40 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:41 am to ragincajun03
I have an educational project. How can I apply?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:43 am to ragincajun03
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critics of the project oppose the company disturbing the fragile ecosystem that has supported local fisheries and restaurants for generations, with residents pointing out that Lake Maurepas is one of the last unspoiled waterways in the state
I guess the Maurepas residents didn’t get the memo - you have to destroy the remaining natural environment in order to save it.
It’s a shame to impact that area for one big - federal tax credit - money grab.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:44 am to redstick13
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It’s a growing industry across the globe.
As long as governments continue to increase regulations regarding emissions, the industry will continue to grow. People can get mad at the O&G and Petrochem industries for these projects, but it’s being forced upon them in order for the EPA (and similar agencies in other counties) to continue allowing them to operate and build new facilities.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:46 am to theunknownknight
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with residents pointing out that Lake Maurepas is one of the last unspoiled waterways in the state.
Lake Maurepas is hardly unspoiled. Boating, jet skis, camps and homes being built along the waterways, logging during last 100 years have done way more damage.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 7:47 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:49 am to LSUBanker
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camps and homes being built along the waterways, logging during last 100 years have done way more damage.
Very true - this will continue to impact the area X100 more than the Air Products well site.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:54 am to ragincajun03
This is going to be one of those NIMBY projects that people bitch about with no education on the subject, then the project happens and 50 years goes by and there’s no disruption to anything. Similar to that fracking well in Mandeville. The project finished many many years ago and literally nothing bad happened but we were all told we would have no more drinking water, get cancer, toxic swamps, earthquakes, etc
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 7:58 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:18 am to ragincajun03
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As long as governments continue to increase regulations regarding emissions, the industry will continue to grow. People can get mad at the O&G and Petrochem industries for these projects, but it’s being forced upon them in order for the EPA (and similar agencies in other counties) to continue allowing them to operate and build new facilities.
There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle on this. I think I mentioned to you in another thread recently that I was contacted by one of the companies who specializes in underground storage for different things, including carbon capture. The project I’ve been approached about is for oil storage but I’m interested in the carbon storage aspect as well.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 8:21 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:23 am to ragincajun03
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Livingston Parish Fire Protection District #2 and the Manchac Volunteer Fire Department, with each receiving a grant of $400,000 toward new patrol and emergency response boats.
I don't think I've ever seen a fire patrol or emergency response boat out there. I've seen plenty of Livingston police and WLF boats though.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:24 am to LSUBanker
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Lake Maurepas is hardly unspoiled. Boating, jet skis, camps and homes being built along the waterways, logging during last 100 years have done way more damage.
In 100 years, We will be mining aluminum there from all the sunken natty cans
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 8:25 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:32 am to ragincajun03
Just an FYI. The source of CO2 will be from the newly proposed "blue hydrogen" Air Products manufacturing complex near Burnside.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:38 am to ragincajun03
Is this going to be like all the other threads on this? In the others, company employees showed up to gaslight, and call people that had questions and concerns names.
They are like the trannies. They just want praise and no dissenting opinions, or legitimate questions will be allowed.
They are like the trannies. They just want praise and no dissenting opinions, or legitimate questions will be allowed.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:39 am to stewie
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It’s a shame to impact that area for one big - federal tax credit - money grab.
Federal tax credits at $85 per metric tonne of CO2 sequestered makes these types of projects a go from a business perspective. In this case, Air Products is taking cheap natural gas, "reforming" it, producing H2 and sequestering the CO2 byproduct.
They will likely sell the H2 to CF Industries to make ammonia (think fertilizer and other products) and get tax credits for the sequestered CO2. They will make money off of both products from methane (natural gas) and atmospheric oxygen, i.e., H2 and CO2.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:39 am to ragincajun03
What happens when the carbon dioxide seeps up into everyone’s homes and we all die as if we had idled our cars in the garage?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:40 am to GumboPot
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Just an FYI. The source of CO2 will be from the newly proposed "blue hydrogen" Air Products manufacturing complex near Burnside.
Yep.
I may, or may not have, been at one of the presentations to DNR.
That wasn’t the only thing on the agenda though.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:41 am to TigerTatorTots
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Similar to that fracking well in Mandeville. The project finished many many years ago and literally nothing bad happened but we were all told we would have no more drinking water, get cancer, toxic swamps, earthquakes, etc
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:41 am to Meauxjeaux
Come on, baw!
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:44 am to Meauxjeaux
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What happens when the carbon dioxide seeps up into everyone’s homes and we all die as if we had idled our cars in the garage?
Pretty sure that's carbon monoxide baw
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:44 am to ragincajun03
You'd think that Louisiana might get a leg up on other states since we're letting all these drilling/fracking/CO2 emission projects drag their nuts all over our faces.
but no. We'll just stay back here in our cancer rut, waiting for the day the doc gives you the big news.
but no. We'll just stay back here in our cancer rut, waiting for the day the doc gives you the big news.
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