Air Products’ CO2 Pipeline
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Air Products’ Dangerous Pipeline
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Develop Communication Materials for Community Organizing
Maps are essential communication tools to drive media messaging and organize community turnout for permit hearings. The first map shows the entirety of Air Products’ dangerous scheme, from the new ammonia plant in Ascension parish, to the 30 mile long pipeline through wetland cypress forests and conservation areas, to the terminus at Lake Maurepas for CCS injection site. Then I created a set of focused proximity maps to highlight areas where the pipeline ran adjacent or near-to inhabited residential areas and community facilities.
Huge win! Major CCS proposal announces cancellation
In July 2026, after three years of sustained advocacy, coalition building and community organizing, Air Products announced cancellation of their giant Ammonia plant in Ascension parish, including the CCS pipeline and injection field under Lake Maurepas. There were signs that their financial models were shifting, as Air Products sought new arrangements to sell off portions of their project to third parties, but a surprising press release announced complete reversal of their entire scheme. This news break confirms that new petro megaprojects are not inevitable, and that organized resistance can and does win BIG. If this can happen in Louisiana, a state where state leaders double down on gas and oil megaprojects in spite of steadfast community opposition and clear evidence of environmental harms, it can happen anywhere - which is a real cause for constructive optimism in a discouraging media landscape. This win would not have been possible without the momentum building across a wide and unusual coalition: from parents of school children at Sorrento elementary school, retirees at Pelican Point country club estates, to fisherman and backwoods boaters living on Lake Maurepas, and all of the advocates, lawyers, scientists and organizers.
