John Barry might not be on the Southeast Flood Protection Authority-East board any longer, but it looks like the authority might be getting some company in their suit against oil and gas companies for damages to Louisianas wetlands. The levee boards lawsuit marks a turning point in Louisiana. The myth of the oil and gas industrys benevolence is being ripped away. Here are three paragraphs from this important article: In coming weeks, both parishes’ councils could file their own suits centered around allegations that the industries have taken an enormous toll that can be measured in terms of land that has simply washed away, multiple sources familiar with the cases told The New Orleans Advocate. The cases would be separate and more narrowly focused than the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East suit that set off a storm of criticism from Jindal and his aides when it was filed this summer, and there are early indications that the parishes’ suits would not face the same backlash from the Jindal administration, which sought to play up the differences between the cases on Friday. Even so, the parish cases could complicate efforts to short-circuit the flood authority lawsuit, and they represent growing pressure to hold one of the state’s most powerful industries to account.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:45:04 +0000
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