The CF Industries plant outside of Donaldsonville. An LSU professor said the carbon dioxide emissions that come from the plant, the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the state, could be an economic opportunity. STAFF PHOTO BY MICHAEL JOHNSON Carbon capture represents a significant economic opportunity for Louisiana, in part because the state already emits so much carbon dioxide, an LSU chemical engineering professor said Thursday. “There’s a lot of byproduct CO2 that we just emit right now that if you had a way to sequester it here in Louisiana, it’s a pretty good situation economically,” said John Flake, the former chair of LSU’s chemical engineering department and a researcher with the H2theFuture “green” hydrogen initiative spearheaded by GNO Inc. Flake made his remarks during a keynote presentation at TEC Next, a Baton Rouge industry technology and networking conference. The two-day event is hosted by the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and sponsored by ExxonMobil. Global carbon dioxide emissions, particularly from heavy industrial sectors, have come under fire over the last several years, in part because of the 2015 Paris agreement that guides global climate change efforts. That scrutiny is also ramping up in […]
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