BATON ROUGE -- After more than four hours of debate at the Louisiana State Capitol, House lawmakers rejected House Bill Seven, which would've prevented companies from seizing private property for carbon capture projects.

However, it's just one of dozens of bills that would regulate carbon capture, which has become a large talking point during this year's legislative session.

According to the National Grid Group, carbon capture involves separating carbon dioxide, also known as CO2, from other gases produced in industrial processes. Transporting it through pipelines and storing it deep underground.

"The dangerous thing about the HB7 was that it dealt with all pipelines and removing the eminent domain authority for all pipelines, especially CO2. CO2 is probably the most inert thing you can put in a pipe," told WBRZ.

Industry Makes is a group that advocates for manufacturing in Louisiana. Lemoine says that carbon capture can make Louisiana an industrial energy hub.

"The customers that our industry sells to, whether it be Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, or foreign companies. They all want a carbon-free molecule. If we can't make that carbon-free molecule here, they'll make it somewhere else," Lemoine said.

However, groups like the Louisiana Bucket Brigade are pushing back against carbon capture expansion.

"What's concerning about carbon capture is that it's not just one facility that's so risky; it's the communities that run all along the length of the pipeline. These pipelines are really dangerous. One blew up in Mississippi, which stopped fire trucks. That's the effect it has," LBB Director Anne Rolfes said.

In St. James Parish, carbon capture has become controversial among residents in the area around Convent. There is a plan in place for Exxon to capture, transport, and store carbon from a nearby plant in Convent.

People in that community say it will be detrimental to them.

"Even though we spoke up against it, they (local officials) went on, and they passed it. It will be coming across the property line. This is an area that has been inundated with plants for over 60 years," Gail LeBoeuf told WBRZ.

However, Lemoine believes that CO2 transfer by pipeline is safe.

"Carbon Capture is not flammable, carbon capture is not explosive, as a matter of fact, it's used to put fires out. In the fire hydrant, you will have CO2, and we believe that putting it in a pipe is the safest way to do it," Lemoine said.

Lemoine says the remaining bills can be separated into multiple groups.

"The one bucket is the local option, and those bills would give certain parishes and all parishes, would give them a local option vote on whether or not their local parish wanted carbon capture. The other bucket is liability, and there are two to three bills in the House Civil Law Committee that deal with raising the cap on damages that may be caused by carbon capture projects," Lemoine said.