Eight teams from around the world are in the running for $400,000 to develop ideas for coastal restoration. Two to four teams will be selected, and their plans could be included in the state's Master Plan to rebuild the coast.
Moseley: "If it weren’t so insulting, it would be grimly amusing how such a lucrative industry always postures as teetering on the brink of financial disaster."
The three new members have raised legal questions about how the board picked and hired its outside attorneys.
The motion passed.
Why not share the cost nationwide? That's what the oil industry will do anyway, at no cost to its bottom line.
Add another parish to the list of prospective plaintiffs that includes Jefferson and Plaquemines.
"We want our air-conditioning and our automobiles, so we simply disregard the sure knowledge that we are enslaving the earth's resources to our greed."
The legal community remains skeptical that the federal agency's immunity can be punctured.
A warm reception at a public event yields to an afternoon thrashing at Flood Protection Authority meeting.
