Selections for the regional levee authority don’t shift the majority supporting coastal loss lawsuit.
Author Archives: Bob Marshall
From 2013 to 2017, Bob Marshall covered environmental issues for The Lens, with a special focus on coastal restoration and wetlands. While at The Times-Picayune, his work chronicling the people, stories and issues of Louisiana
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Live blog Thursday: Committee to nominate regional levee board members
Their choices could determine the fate of the levee authority’s lawsuit against the oil and gas industry.
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Lawsuit fight makes choosing new Flood Authority members a very tricky business
Voters wanted to take the politics out of flood protection. It didn’t happen.
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Live video Wednesday: Expert panel discusses how to pay for massive coastal restoration effort
A Tulane institute released a report Wednesday saying projects could cost more than $100 billion over 50 years.
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Two applicants for regional levee board wouldn’t shift support for lawsuit
But there’s another week to apply. Gov. Bobby Jindal needs two more opponents to get the votes to scuttle the suit.
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Levee authority asks judge to rule on constitutionality of law that would scuttle lawsuit
The suit itself will be on hold until this question can be resolved.
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Future of coastal loss lawsuit could rest in hands of board’s nominating committee
Since the nine members of the Flood Protection Authority voted to sue oil and gas companies, the governor has replaced four of them. Now two seats are open, including one held by a lawsuit supporter. Depending on who gets appointed, lawsuit opponents could have the votes to kill the suit.
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Lawyer for levee authority says battle over coastal loss lawsuit is just beginning
It could take months to resolve debate over how a new law was passed and who it applies to.
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Two-year-old breach in Mississippi River could be formally named ‘Mardi Gras Pass’
A state agency says it’s the first distributary to form in the delta in decades.
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Plaquemines Parish moves forward to restore pelican nesting site damaged by BP oil spill
Just half of the money is in hand, but if they don’t start spending the money, they’ll lose it.