Blocking Growth: LNG, Ammonia, and Oil & Gas in the Crosshairs

Louisiana Bucket Brigade has shifted from monitoring pollution at existing facilities to actively opposing new industrial projects across the state.

In 2025, the group joined litigation challenging permits for Venture Global’s CP2 liquefied natural gas export facility. LNG expansion represents billions in investment and thousands of jobs, yet the organization frames such development primarily through the lens of risk and regulatory insufficiency.

The same pattern appears in its opposition to ammonia production facilities in Ascension Parish. In a 2025 report, the group warned that proposed plants relying on carbon capture and storage technology would increase production and require additional carbon dioxide pipelines and injection wells. The technology was described as unproven and dangerous.

Carbon capture has become a central target. Despite bipartisan recognition that carbon management could allow Louisiana to maintain industrial strength while reducing emissions, Louisiana Bucket Brigade questions both state oversight and federal incentives supporting such projects.

The consistent through-line is resistance to expansion. While supporters argue that LNG, ammonia, and carbon capture projects modernize industry and secure long-term competitiveness, the organization ridiculously presents these initiatives as unacceptable risks.

The strategy combines lawsuits, regulatory objections, public campaigns, and coalition pressure. Whether framed as environmental justice or precautionary oversight, the practical outcome is often delay or obstruction of major capital investment that would support jobs in Louisiana.

For a state whose economy is tightly linked to energy and petrochemicals, the stakes are significant. Blocking projects may satisfy activist constituencies, but it negatively affects jobs, tax revenue, and long-term economic positioning.