The new way your tax dollars boost fossil fuels

+ how to photograph the eclipse with a smartphone US Edition - Today's top story: How federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting Louisiana's fossil fuel production [View in browser]( US Edition | 1 April 2024 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [Elite universities bring back the SAT – why?]( - [The legal confusion from Alabama court ruling on IVF]( - [Exercising with heart rate zone training in mind]( Lead story Federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting fossil fuel production. That might sound like an April Fools’ gag, but environment scholar Ned Randolph writes that it may soon be reality in Louisiana. The problem involves new federal tax credits for carbon capture and storage – a set of technologies meant to keep greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. But the way the tax credits were created, [these projects may actually lead to more fossil fuel extraction](. Randolph, who has written about Louisiana’s history of using disasters to boost the fossil fuel industry, explains how funding for a technology pitched as a climate change solution could lead to more net emissions. [ [Understand what’s going on in Washington and around the world. Get our Politics Weekly newsletter.]( ] Stacy Morford Environment + Climate Editor Louisiana accounted for nearly one-sixth of the nation’s oil-refining capacity and shipped 63% of its liquefied natural gas exports in 2022. Adbar/Wikimedia [How federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting Louisiana’s fossil fuel production]( Ned Randolph, Tulane University Carbon capture is turning the oil and gas industry into a critical player for mitigating climate change – while its products continue to heat up the planet. Science + Technology - [Looking to photograph a solar eclipse with your smartphone? 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