The state hopes to save its rapidly disappearing coast with a 50-year, $50 billion plan based on science that’s never been tested and money it doesn’t have. What could go wrong? The post Lo...
A nominating committee must meet again Friday because its prior vote didn't follow state law. The post Live blog Friday: Survival of coastal loss lawsuit could be determined by committee’s bo...
They didn’t follow the law when picking a supporter of the controversial suit against oil and gas companies. The post Committee must meet again Friday to pick board member for levee authority...
Selections for the regional levee authority don’t shift the majority supporting coastal loss lawsuit. The post Committee’s decision preserves levee authority’s lawsuit against oil and gas...
Scientists say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history is rushing toward a catastrophic conclusion. ProPublica and The Lens explore why it's happening a...
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Discuss how we reported and built an interactive showing 80 years of coastal loss in Louisiana. The post Live chat replay: Talk to The Lens, ProPublica about ‘Losing Ground’ appeared first...
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Kyle Graham, head of the state's coastal restoration authority, predicted some kind of settlement, some day, with the oil and gas industry. Tulane's Mark Davis said local government needs to set ...
Voters wanted to take the politics out of flood protection. It didn't happen. The post Lawsuit fight makes choosing new Flood Authority members a very tricky business appeared first on The Len...
But there's another week to apply. Gov. Bobby Jindal needs two more opponents to get the votes to scuttle the suit. The post Two applicants for regional levee board wouldn’t shift support for...
The suit itself will be on hold until this question can be resolved. The post Levee authority asks judge to rule on constitutionality of law that would scuttle lawsuit appeared first on The Le...
Since the nine members of the Flood Protection Authority voted to sue oil and gas companies, the governor has replaced four of them. Now two seats are open, including one held by a lawsuit suppor...
It could take months to resolve debate over how a new law was passed and who it applies to. The post Lawyer for levee authority says battle over coastal loss lawsuit is just beginning appeared...
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee will join us at 12:15 p.m. CT Thursday to discuss the video, which was featured in The New York Times. The post Live chat: Filmmaker discusses documentary on vanishing Isle...
Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans urges legislators to stand with your constituents and vote against SB 553. The post Unlearning Katrina’s lesson: Bills would again make levee board a govern...
The bill is one of several filed in response to the levee board's lawsuit against oil and gas companies. The post Live blog: Senate committee considers bill giving governor more control over le...
Gas and oil interests have been good to Robert Adley, and as a senator, Adley has been unfailingly good to them. He insists the Flood Protection Authority lawsuit seeking damages for coastal dest...
They renominated Tim Doody and picked Tyrone Ben for the other slot. The post Live blog: Committee sends new nominee to governor for east bank levee board appeared first on The Lens .
The documents outline the Flood Protection Authority's case but won't be introduced as evidence in court. The post Lawyers combat PR blitz with timeline showing Big Oil’s role in coastal loss...
But they voted not to send another name in cases in which the governor rejects a qualified candidate. The post Live blog: Flood Protection Authority nominating committee to send new nominee to ...
After experts blamed pre-Katrina political hacks for ignoring safety issues, voters chose to have experts serve on levee boards. But Jindal has a litmus test that critics say undermines the chang...
I had my chance to put state coastal czar Garret Graves on the spot, but high-caliber attorneys suing oil and gas companies beat me to it. The post A quip on Twitter lands me a public audience ...
Given the state coastal authority's opposition to the suit, Wednesday's meeting could be contentious. The post Live blog: Lawyers suing oil & gas industry defend suit before state coastal autho...
Sandy Rosenthal: " ... if there were a good reason for Jindal to continue shielding Big Oil from its legal responsibilities to the people of Louisiana, we would have heard it by now." The post ...
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 post With dear friends lik...
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The three new members have raised legal questions about how the board picked and hired its outside attorneys. The post New board members challenge status quo on Flood Protection Authority appe...
The motion passed. The post Live blog: Levee board to vote to reaffirm lawsuit against oil and gas companies appeared first on The Lens .
Why not share the cost nationwide? That's what the oil industry will do anyway, at no cost to its bottom line. The post Timid litigation that shields Big Oil won’t begin to pay for coastal re...
Add another parish to the list of prospective plaintiffs that includes Jefferson and Plaquemines. The post St. Bernard turns to law firm used by other parishes seeking damages from drillers ap...
The legal community remains skeptical that the federal agency's immunity can be punctured. The post Has state found strategy to hold Corps of Engineers responsible for coastal erosion? appeare...
A warm reception at a public event yields to an afternoon thrashing at Flood Protection Authority meeting. The post Barry musters support for wetlands lawsuit, but not with the right audience ...
The local levee authority had to get approval to hire an outside attorney to sue oil and gas companies for coastal loss. The post Coastal agency asks attorney general to rescind approval of law...
As John Barry has said, this is Jindal's opportunity to prove himself a great governor or just another oil-industry lapdog. The post As lawsuits proliferate, will Big Oil join in a ‘grand bar...
Barry talks about the suit against oil and gas companies and his new advocacy group, Restore Louisiana Now. The post John Barry discusses coastal loss at Newsmakers event (video) appeared firs...
State association of levee boards set to poll full membership on whether to sue Big Oil. The post West Bank authority opposes suit against coast damage caused by oil drillers appeared first on...
Nearly two-thirds of 1,000 people polled had little to no confidence that industry will voluntarily repair damage. The post Proponent of oil and gas lawsuit forms nonprofit, has poll showing br...
In March, months before it sued oil and gas companies, the levee authority knew the state would pull its funding. The post No surprise: Local levee board knew months ago that state would cut fu...
Says Barry: "There has been no court challenge to the board’s authority because the state knows it would lose and look foolish." The post Ex-flood authority leader picks apart arguments again...
Head of the state coastal agency says the $500,000 cut is simply a matter of tight government finances. The post State cuts funding to levee authority that sued oil and gas companies appeared ...
The need to resist Big Oil and the Jindal administration's shameless pandering to it has begun to forge a broad-spectrum political alliance. The post Honore delivers startlingly radical call to...
John Barry says he'll form a new nonprofit to support a blockbuster lawsuit against the oil and gas industry. The post After being replaced on levee board, lawsuit proponent announces new effor...
He may still end up serving on the board of the state coastal agency, which meets today. The post Facing replacement on levee board, John Barry pledges more action on coastal loss appeared fir...
The reason: Barry's role in a controversial lawsuit against oil and gas companies. The post Live blog recap: Committee decides not to renominate John Barry to flood authority appeared first on...
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. The post Clock running out on ...
An "olive branch" extended by the levee authority has turned to ashes. The post Levee board, Jindal administration remain at odds over lawsuit after hints of reconciliation appeared first on T...
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 wit...
The Jindal administration has contended that a local levee authority acted improperly in suing oil and gas companies. The post Documents describe fees, hiring of private attorneys for coastal l...
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 b...
They questioned why the board acted alone and and suggested that it's acting outside of its legal authority. The post Lawmakers criticize Flood Protection Authority for suing oil and gas compan...
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...
Will outraged state officials scuttle a major post-Katrina reform in their effort to please the oil industry? The post Flood Authority, suit against oil companies safe from political meddling �...
Legal and political context to help you understand the court battle ahead. The post What are the key issues in lawsuit against oil & gas companies for coastal loss? appeared first on The Lens ...
Join us at 12:30 p.m. Friday to talk about the lawsuit, the science and the counterarguments. The post Live chat: Bob Marshall discusses coastal loss lawsuit against oil and gas companies appe...
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East is expected to file suit Wednesday against more than 100 oil and gas companies for contributing to the disappearance of Louisiana’s wetla...