Officials announce two new carbon removal sites in northwest Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Louisiana officials announced on Monday two new projects that are expected to remove hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from the air per year and store it deep underground.

The new sites announced in northwest Louisiana, by direct air capture company Heirloom, are the latest in a slew of carbon removal and storage projects that have been announced in Louisiana, a state that has had a front row seat to the impacts of climate change. Proponents say this type of technology is crucial in the fight against climate...