Amid the ongoing controversy over one company s plans to store carbon deep beneath Lake Maurepas, the business leaders are attempting to build goodwill and show they are "good neighbors" in
Air Products announced the launch of the Lake Maurepas Community Fund, which will commit $1 million annually to communities bordering Lake Maurepas starting in 2023 through the overall operation of
New Orleans-based documentarian Jason Kerzinski recently visited Manchac, Louisiana, to talk to fisherfolk there about an international chemical company's plan to capture carbon dioxide from a nearby natural gas-to-hydrogen plant and pipe it beneath Lake Maurepas. They shared their fears about the $4.5 billion project, which will begin seismic testing on Nov. 17.