It looks like Louisiana is getting it right. Recent legislation suggests the state is siding with taxpayers—not carbon capture corporations—on the boondoggle known as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).

Anticipating the carbon capture giveaways in the reconciliation bill, signed into law July 4, Louisiana lawmakers took a stand for fiscal responsibility and Pelican State taxpayers against profiteers chasing billions in unnecessary, expensive subsidies.

Louisiana backed that up with new laws to protect landowners from eminent domain abuse by CCS pipeline developers. One measure requires companies to prove they provide a public benefit in any land access dispute. That's a high bar because CCS projects don't serve the public. They serve private interests.