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Residents from across the state flocked to Baton Rouge this week to weigh in on Louisiana’s attempt to gain authority for regulating a new class of injection wells that are used to bury carbon beneath the ground.

The Environmental Protection Agency kicked off a three-day public hearing in Baton Rouge on Wednesday as they consider granting the state control over permitting wells used to inject carbon underground.

The Port of South Louisiana has come under fire over new allegations of violating Louisiana’s open meetings law in a lawsuit filed last week.

But for now, it’s important to keep those measures in place, she said — especially as hundreds of thousands of tourists come to town.