WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued that no carbon capture injection wells (https://www.newlouisiana.org/carbon-capture-you-have-no-property-rights/) should be installed in Louisiana without the consent of landowners in two speeches on the U.S. Senate floor.
Key excerpts of Kennedy's first speech on April 28 are below.
"It is called the 45Q tax credit. . . . We are paying companies a whole bunch of money to go capture this carbon and inject it in the ground. Now, I didn't come here tonight to debate whether that is a good idea or a bad idea. A lot of that is up to the States and to Congress for another day. There are pros and cons, and some say it is a good idea. Som...