La. Gov. Edwards: U.S. DOE Announces Funding For Direct Air Capture Facility That Will Create 2,300 Jobs
August 12, 2023
August 12, 2023
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug.11, 2023:
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding to advance the development of a commercial-scale direct air carbon capture facility in Southwest Louisiana. Project Cypress is expected to create 2,300 good-paying jobs and remove one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year from the atmosphere--an amount equivalent to roughly 222,500 gasoline . . .
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding to advance the development of a commercial-scale direct air carbon capture facility in Southwest Louisiana. Project Cypress is expected to create 2,300 good-paying jobs and remove one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year from the atmosphere--an amount equivalent to roughly 222,500 gasoline . . .