Oct
22
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 23rd, 2013. View original post here.
A curious, contradictory and vitriolic series of statements and public pronouncements today highlight the continuing war of words between state officials and the leaders of the local...
Oct
22
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 22nd, 2013. View original post here.
So much for olive branches, or for the Jindal administration calling the oil and gas industry to to the table to discuss its role in damaging coastal...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 19th, 2013. View original post here.
The Jindal administration has criticized the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East for enriching trial attorneys, acting without state approval and offering inadequate public notice before the authority sued oil,...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 16th, 2013. View original post here.
What was changed Thursday by the local levee authority’s offer to hold off on some of its lawsuit against the oil and gas industry if the Jindal...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 14th, 2013. View original post here.
When the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East filed its lawsuit against oil and gas companies for damages to coastal wetlands last month, vice president John Barry said...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 13th, 2013. View original post here.
With three of the nation’s largest environmental groups working out of local offices to help save Louisiana’s drowning coast, it seemed only a matter of time before...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 6th, 2013. View original post here.
Seven years ago Louisiana gained national praise by overhauling its dysfunctional levee board system. Some 81 percent of voters said “yes” to a constitutional amendment allowing consolidation...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 1st, 2013. View original post here.
As the heart of hurricane season approaches, residents protected by the new Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Systemcan be excused for feeling a little confident. After all,...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on July 26th, 2013. View original post here.
Since the 1970s, researchers have that shown oil and gas activities are one of the major causes for the catastrophic loss of 2,000 square miles of coastal...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on July 23, 2013. View original post here.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority is expected to file suit Wednesday against more than 100 oil and gas companies for contributing to the disappearance of Louisiana’s...
