Chevron Ordered to Pay $744M for Damaging Louisiana Wetlands April 7, 2025 By Jack Brook Oil company Chevron must pay $744.6 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled...
As Louisiana Port Rebuilds After Hurricane Ida, Loss of Wetlands Seen as Threat October 15, 2021 By Liz Hampton On Louisiana’s south coast, in a key port servicing the U.S. offshore oil industry, a huge shipyard sits idle and...
Panel Revives Jurisdictional Question in Louisiana Suits Against Oil Giants August 9, 2021 By Kevin McGill The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in...
Wetlands Loss Suits Against Oil Companies to Stay in Louisiana State Courts August 12, 2020 By Kevin McGill Oil companies facing lawsuits that blame them for coastal wetlands loss in Louisiana have lost an attempt to move the...
Louisiana Governor Wants Oil Industry to Pay for Coastal Restoration May 23, 2016 By Cain Burdeau Gov. John Bel Edwards is pushing to get the oil and natural gas industries to pay for restoring Louisiana’s fragile...
Louisiana Agency Sues Big Oil Firms for Hurting Wetlands July 25, 2013 A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies – including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell...