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Bob Marshall: Carbon capture a taxpayer-funded gusher

Watching Louisiana's oil-soaked politicians madly embracing carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions recalls a famous saying from the 1960s: Long hair can cover a red neck.

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Bob Marshall: We're spending $12 billion on this pollution reducing technology. It may not work

Carbon fluids stored underground must be monitored for safety for thousands of years. This by an industry that has abandoned hundreds of thousands of polluting wells across the nation, which taxpayers are now spending billions to take care of.

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Bob Marshall: We're losing the war against climate change. It got worse in 2020

So how does 2020 grade in Louisiana's struggle to prevent the environmental, economic and social disaster caused by its sinking, crumbling, drowning bottom third? I'll give it a "D."

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Bob Marshall: A sustainable future ought to be the GOP's policy, too

The best gift Louisiana Republicans can give their state is to tell their congressmen they'll be watching votes on environmental issues for the next two years, and if they don't like what they see, they will find, nominate and elect a green Republican.

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Bob Marshall: Warm waters are the crystal meth of hurricanes. It's getting worse

There are no disasters in nature, only natural events. Those events become disasters when we humans - by accident or hubris - put ourselves in their way.

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Bob Marshall: The key to fighting coastal land loss is in Antarctica. And the voting booth.

A decade ago it became obvious to many scientists the future of Louisiana's fight for coastal life would depend on the news from three sources: the ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, the policies coming from Washington D.C. - and the person you see in a mirror.

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Bob Marshall: Carbon capture a taxpayer-funded gusher

Bob Marshall: We're spending $12 billion on this pollution reducing technology. It may not work

Bob Marshall: We're losing the war against climate change. It got worse in 2020

Bob Marshall: A sustainable future ought to be the GOP's policy, too

Bob Marshall: Warm waters are the crystal meth of hurricanes. It's getting worse

Bob Marshall: The key to fighting coastal land loss is in Antarctica. And the voting booth.

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