“If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.”

•  A pipeline corridor means potential right-of-way acquisition, construction across private lands, wetlands, waterways, etc., which can disrupt existing land uses. For example, recent Louisiana legislation (Senate Bill 244) targets the use of eminent domain for CO₂ pipelines. Carbon Herald
   
• Local officials and residents in Louisiana have expressed concern over private property rights, especially when pipelines and injection sites span multiple parishes and cross through landowners’ property. Louisiana Illuminator+1
   
• If the pipeline passes near or through the Lake Maurepas ecosystem, you should consider: access roads, clearing, habitat fragmentation, wetland disturbance.

• Louisiana’s wetlands and deltaic systems are already under pressure from subsidence, salt-water intrusion, erosion, and industrial infrastructure. Wikipedia+1
   
• Pipelines, canals, construction and associated infrastructure in these environments can accelerate degradation: e.g., allowing salt water intrusion, changing hydrology, losing marsh vegetation. Wikipedia+1
   
• For a region like around Lake Maurepas (which connects to swamps, marshes), any heavy industrial footprint may impact fish/crab habitats, spawning grounds, or change water quality (turbidity, sedimentation, chemical risk).

• One major concern: Louisiana has hundreds of thousands of abandoned oil & gas wells, some with uncertain status or unknown plugging integrity. These pose potential leakage pathways for CO₂ stored underground. news.oilandgaswatch.org
   
• If CO₂ is injected underground and there are compromised abandoned wells nearby, the risk is that CO₂ (or other subsurface fluids) could migrate, leak, or cause unintended environmental/hydrologic effects. news.oilandgaswatch.org
   
• Also, there are questions about long-term monitoring and liability: once injection is done, who ensures storage remains secure for decades/centuries?

• CO₂ pipelines are not risk-free. There have been incidents in Louisiana and Mississippi with CO₂ transport systems. WWNO+1
   
• A leak of CO₂ can displace oxygen, collect in low-lying areas, pose asphyxiation risk, etc. (see news item about a CO₂ pipeline leak in Sulphur, Louisiana) The Guardian
   
• Communities around the pipeline and injection sites may face increased risk (evacuation zones, emergency response, health‐exposure).
   
• For your website you might emphasise: local communities (especially rural, low-income, or communities of color) may be impacted disproportionately (environmental justice angle).

• Disturbance of wetlands, marshes, shoreline, water quality impacts can affect fish/crab populations, recreational fishing, commercial harvest, and also impact tourism/boating/eco‐tourism.
   
• Since you already are focusing on Lake Maurepas’ wildlife/fishing/hunting resources, this is a crucial link: changes in hydrology, increased industrial traffic, contamination risk could degrade habitat for species (fish, crabs) and for game species (deer, alligator, etc) if habitat corridors are impacted.
   
• Also, reputational or access issues: if industrial infrastructure is seen as an inhibitor, recreation and tourism may decline.

• While the pipeline is touted as a climate mitigation measure, critics argue that many CCS/CO₂ pipeline projects essentially prolong fossil fuel extraction (via enhanced oil recovery) and may not deliver the intended climate benefit if leakage occurs or monitoring is insufficient. Environmental Integrity+1
   
• The fact that Louisiana is pursuing many of these projects indicates a “boom” but questions remain about whether regulatory oversight, monitoring, and long‐term risk management are adequate.

 Lake Maurepas is connected to swamp/marsh systems (e.g., Maurepas Swamp WMA). Pipeline construction (roads/clearings) could disturb the root systems, change drainage patterns, increase saltwater intrusion, or fragment habitat for wildlife (fish, crabs, alligators, deer). 

 Sediment disturbance or accidental release of fluids could reduce water clarity, change oxygen levels or introduce contaminants — which could impact spawning grounds for species you mention (bass, crappie, blue crab, etc). 

 Since blue crabs can range into freshwater/brackish zones, and habitat near marsh edges is important for juvenile phases — industrial infrastructure along shore/marsh edge could degrade habitat or reduce nursery areas. 

 If big game (deer) or other species (alligators) rely on contiguous swamp/marsh habitat, fragmentation or increased human/industrial traffic might reduce availability of undisturbed habitat, result in shifts/movement of wildlife, potentially reduce hunting success or access. 

 Boating, fishing, eco-tourism in Lake Maurepas region might be less appealing if industrial pipelines/plant infrastructure go in, or if there is increased perception of risk. That could affect local businesses, guiding services, tourism revenue. Not to mention Poker runs, events and just the ruination of just plain serenity. The family weekend culture of livelihoods will become an industrial playground for the greedy.

 Because this region is low‐lying, subject to subsidence and sea level rise, any underground storage/injection sites may face additional geologic stress. The presence of thousands of abandoned wells (see above) makes the risk of leakage higher — you could use that to argue for uncertainty.