He may still end up serving on the board of the state coastal agency, which meets today.
Tag: Coastal loss lawsuit
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Live blog recap: Committee decides not to renominate John Barry to flood authority
The reason: Barry’s role in a controversial lawsuit against oil and gas companies.
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Clock running out on flood authority’s days as a panel immune from political meddling
An independent levee board, a post-Katrina reform believed crucial to the city’s future, has fallen prey to Gov. Jindal’s opposition to a lawsuit against Big Oil.
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Levee board, Jindal administration remain at odds over lawsuit after hints of reconciliation
An “olive branch” extended by the levee authority has turned to ashes.
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Suing oil and gas interests to save the coast: author John Barry weighs in
Barry, a member of the levee authority that is suing oil and gas companies for damage to the coast, writes: “We have been criticized for trying to collect from an industry which was complying with the law at the time it conducted its operations. We believe that they were never in compliance with the law.”
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Documents describe fees, hiring of private attorneys for coastal loss lawsuit
The Jindal administration has contended that a local levee authority acted improperly in suing oil and gas companies.
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Key disagreements remain between levee board, Jindal administration over coastal loss lawsuit
A local levee authority has offered to hold off on some of its lawsuit against oil and gas companies if the state can get the industry to discuss voluntarily paying for damage. But the comments by the Flood Protection Authority and the Jindal administration don’t signal much movement on their key disagreement.
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Lawmakers criticize Flood Protection Authority for suing oil and gas companies
They questioned why the board acted alone and and suggested that it’s acting outside of its legal authority.
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Live blog Wednesday: Flood Protection Authority appears before legislators
Legislators have said they want to hear why the Flood Protection Authority filed its suit against oil and gas companies. The lawsuit partly blames companies for coastal loss and call upon them to fix the damage or help pay for increased costs of flood protection.
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Flood Authority, suit against oil companies safe from political meddling — for now
Will outraged state officials scuttle a major post-Katrina reform in their effort to please the oil industry?