With dear friends like Big Oil, are we our own worst enemies?
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."
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Environment
New board members challenge status quo on Flood Protection Authority
The three new members have raised legal questions about how the board picked and hired its outside attorneys.
Live blog: Levee board to vote to reaffirm lawsuit against oil and gas companies
The motion passed.
Timid litigation that shields Big Oil won’t begin to pay for coastal reclamation
Why not share the cost nationwide? That's what the oil industry will do anyway, at no cost to its bottom line.
St. Bernard turns to law firm used by other parishes seeking damages from drillers
Add another parish to the list of prospective plaintiffs that includes Jefferson and Plaquemines.
Panel of experts to review science behind state’s coastal rebuilding plan
Zombie planet: a Vodou vision of the environmental apocalypse ahead
"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."
Has state found strategy to hold Corps of Engineers responsible for coastal erosion?
The legal community remains skeptical that the federal agency's immunity can be punctured.
Barry musters support for wetlands lawsuit, but not with the right audience
A warm reception at a public event yields to an afternoon thrashing at Flood Protection Authority meeting.
Coastal agency asks attorney general to rescind approval of lawyer who sued oil and gas companies
The local levee authority had to get approval to hire an outside attorney to sue oil and gas companies for coastal loss.
