🔥 WEEKLY WATCH: June 1–6 🔥 Only TWO WEEKS remain in the 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session. The LAFS Coalition is tracking harmful and hopeful bills alike. Here’s what’s coming this week — your voice matters now more than ever.

📅 SUNDAY – 6/1 Senate Hearings only: 1:00 PM – Finance (SCR A-B) 2:30 PM – Revenue & Fiscal Affairs (Hainkel Room) ➡️ No bills flagged today, but stay alert — Sundays are rare, but important.

📷 The 2025 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature is almost over! 📷 The session is scheduled to adjourn sine die by 6PM on Thursday, June 12, unless extended (📷 more on that below). Huge thanks to everyone who organized, testified, tracked bills, made calls &#heldtheline

Here’s what you need to know heading into the final stretch: 📷 Session Extension? A recent constitutional amendment now allows the legislature to extend session by up to 6 days (48 hours at a time, max 3x) only to finish appropriations bills—but that requires a 2/3rds vote.

📷 No More Committee Hearings All remaining action is happening on the House and Senate floors. Starting tonight at 6PM, bills must get a 2/3rds majority to pass. Expect a rush of votes and floor fights—especially if appropriations debates stretch out.

📷 Support: HB495: Shortens severance tax breaks on new gas wells HB535: Requires legislative auditor review of tax incentives HB601: Blocks foreign entities from using eminent domain for CO2 pipelines HR240: Creates task force to evaluate carbon sequestration modeling

📷 Oppose: HB600 & HB692: Big giveaways to oil & gas under the guise of “green” energy HB99 & SB94: Radical changes to agency authority and wetland protections SB59: Legislative overreach on rulemaking

📷 Watching: SB36 & SB73: Local voice in CO2 sequestration decisions HB637 & HB638: New rules for solar projects on habitat/ag lands

BREAKING! Big banks poured a staggering $869 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2024 alone. The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much these banks are contributing to the climate crisis. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC #DefundClimateChaos

Our climate can’t afford a single new fossil fuel project – yet big banks spent over $429 BILLION on fossil fuel expansion in 2024. These banks are consumed by their greed at the expense of us all. We demand they #DefundClimateChaos NOW. bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC

BREAKING! The 16th #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC

This just in: 2/3 of the banks covered in the new #BankingOnClimateChaos report INCREASED their fossil fuel spending. Financing climbed by over $162 BILLION from 2023 to 2024. See where your bank lies at bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos

The newest #BankingOnClimateChaos shows that once again, @JPMorgan Chase remains the world’s biggest banker of fossil fuels. In just 4 years, Chase has dumped $192.3 BILLION into fossil fuels. Learn more at bankingonclimatechaos.org. #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC

2024 was the hottest year in history. What did Citigroup do about it? They INCREASED their fossil fuel financing by 50% from 2023, handing over $44.7 BILLION to the #1 industry pushing our climate over the edge. Learn more: bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC

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A town hall meeting was held last night, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lions Club in Ponchatoula (750 E Pine Street) to discuss the proposed carbon capture project beneath Lake Maurepas and its potential environmental impact.

Hosted by Senator Bill Wheat, as well as Representatives Nicholas Muscarello, Shane Mack, & Kim Coates, the meeting aims to inform the public about Air Products’ permit application, which includes construction of an ammonia and hydrogen facility, pipelines, & CO₂ injection wells