When They Can’t Defend CCS, They Attack the Citizen
Why personal smear stories show up when Louisiana starts asking the wrong people the right questions
If a Washington, DC media outlet ever targets Louisiana’s CCS opposition—especially by making me the headline—citizens should ask one question:
Why is the story about a person… instead of the permits?
Because that’s what happens when the facts become a problem.
When residents start pressing hard on pipelines, injection wells, eminent domain, abandoned wells, monitoring, and liability, the strategy shifts:
Stop answering.
Start discrediting.
Not because the messenger matters more than the issue—
but because breaking the messenger is faster than defending the issue.
WHY smear campaigns exist
Smears don’t exist to win on evidence.
They exist to change the subject.
To pull the public away from questions that threaten power:
- Who approved this?
- Who profits?
- Who monitors it?
- Who pays if it fails?
…and shove the spotlight onto something easier to manipulate:
- Who is she?
- Can she be trusted?
- Can we make people uncomfortable listening to her?
That’s the whole purpose.
Distraction is the shield.
WHY it works in politics
Arguing facts requires proof.
Damaging credibility requires only doubt.
A smear story doesn’t need to prove the advocate is wrong.
It only needs to create hesitation—just enough for people to stop sharing, stop showing up, and stop pushing back.
Because once the public hesitates, the system gains what it wants:
permission to ignore the questions.
WHY Louisiana is a prime target
CCS in Louisiana is not just “technology.”
It is a high-speed pipeline of:
- federal incentives
- massive contracts
- rushed approvals
- permanent risk placed on local communities
And anytime big money moves quickly through government, narrative control becomes part of the operation.
Not because Louisiana citizens are wrong—
but because Louisiana citizens are inconvenient.
WHY target Renee’ Savant
Because I’m not just criticizing CCS.
I’m documenting it.
Publishing it.
Building a platform outside of their control.
Helping citizens connect the dots.
That’s the real threat.
So the goal becomes simple:
Make the messenger the controversy—so the permits don’t have to be.
The real target isn’t one person
A smear campaign is never just about the person it hits.
It’s aimed at everyone watching.
It’s a warning designed to shrink the movement:
- isolate advocates
- chill citizen testimony
- stop local officials from engaging
- turn legitimate questions into “drama”
Because CCS depends on one thing more than anything else:
low resistance.
The bottom line
Louisiana deserves transparency and oversight—not intimidation.
And if a DC outlet ever shows up to profile the opposition instead of investigating the permits, the pipeline, and the money…
Louisiana should recognize the tactic immediately:
My voice isn’t for sale. My integrity isn’t negotiable. I will stand in my truth.
