One of the most acrimonious issues facing Louisiana lawmakers this session has wrapped up.
I love this quote from the Times-Picayune. The “most acrimonious” issue facing our government? (acrimonious=bitter or anger) The T-P barely covered the issue for it being so insightful of anger among legislators this session! What a make-up sex comment. Continue reading
John Maginnis shares this great piece about our “Slick” Governor Bobby Jindal and motivations behind his thirst for a GOP Vice-Presidential nomination. Governor Jindal has been forced to “flip-flop” on BIG OIL; he ‘flipped’ on the BP oil disaster, now he has ‘flopped’ on protecting the citizens of Louisiana. Continue reading
Louisiana is a state of contradiction. On one had it’s the “Sportsman’s Paradise,” on the other the landscape here is also dotted with a higher concentration of oil facilities and chemical plants than just about anywhere in the world. And so it’s a thin line between paradise and environmental disaster — as the world learned with the Deepwater Horizon fiasco offshore. But the sad reality is that residents on land often face danger on a routine basis from less publicized spills and leaks of hazardous substances from this cluster of chemical factories. Continue reading
Governor Jindal’s most recent attempt at political heroics in his bid to become Vice-President comes at the expense of landowners in Louisiana who have continually sustained damages from environmental clean-up due to oil exploration and production activities. Jindal’s compromise seeks to accelerate the clean-up process, supported by Big Oil because it limits liability for long term damages sustained by landowners. Continue reading
The IND (www.TheIND.com) did a great piece summarizing the Legacy Lawsuit issue in the Louisiana legislature, and the struggles against Big Oil to stop the measure….
By Jeremy Alford – The last few years have seen state Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, introduce one measure after another to smother the flames created by so-called legacy lawsuits in Louisiana. Legacy lawsuits arise from old — sometimes decades-old — contamination of land by oil and gas drillers. The litigation gets its name because subsequent drillers on contaminated lands “inherit” the liability created by previous, often defunct companies. Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE from Farm Bureau…
The state’s largest farm organization is backing a bill in the Louisiana Legislature that would allow both landowners and the oil and gas industry to mediate cleanup issues created by years of drilling on private lands. Continue reading
The fight against BIG OIL now heads to the Louisiana Senate. In order to pass a pro-landowner (make big oil accountable) bill 20 votes are needed to be successful in the Senate. We hope that type of bill will come out of Senate Natural Resources Committee soon and we expect there to be a fight on the Senate floor in the coming days on which committee HB 618 is assigned to (as soon as Monday). Big Oil has hired over 50 high powered lobbyist. Please call your Senator and tell them that you support landowners and tell them don’t give in to Big Oil!
Call your Senator today!!
Senator Robert Adley
611 Jessie Jones Drive
Benton, LA 71006
(318) 965-1755
adleyr@legis.la.gov
Senator John A. Alario
1063 Muller Parkway
Westwego, LA 70094
(504) 340-2221
alarioj@legis.la.gov
Senator R.L. “Bret” Allain
600 Main Street
Suite 1
Franklin, LA 70538
(337) 828-9107
(985) 850-2738
allainb@legis.la.gov
Senator “Jody” Amedee
2109 S. Burnside Ave.
Suite A
Gonzales, LA 70737
(225) 644-1526
amedeej@legis.la.gov
Senator Conrad Appel
721 Papworth Avenue
Suite 102A
Metairie, LA 70005
(866) 946-3133
appelc@legis.la.gov
Senator Sharon Weston Broome
P. O. Box 52783
Baton Rouge, LA 70892
(225) 359-9352
lasen15@legis.la.gov
Senator Troy E. Brown
P.O. Box 974
Napoleonville, LA 70390
(985) 369-3333
brownte@legis.la.gov
Senator Sherri Smith Buffington
9973 Mansfield Road
Keithville, LA 71047
(318) 687-4820
smithbuffington@legis.la.gov
Senator Norby Chabert
P.O. Box 2417
Houma, LA 70361
(985) 858-2927
chabertn@legis.la.gov
Senator Dan Claitor
7520 Perkins Road
Suite 160
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 765-0206
claitord@legis.la.gov
Senator Page Cortez
101 W. Farrell Road
Bldg. 5, Suite 100
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337) 993-7430
cortezp@legis.la.gov
Senator A.G. Crowe
201 Crowe’s Landing
Pearl River, LA 70452
(985) 643-3600
crowea@legis.la.gov
Senator Jack Donahue
3030 East Causeway Approach
Mandeville, LA 70448
(985) 727-7949
donahuej@legis.la.gov
Senator Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb
1520 Thomas H. Delpit Drive Suite 226
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 342-9700
dorseyy@legis.la.gov
Senator Dale M. Erdey
P.O. Box 908
Livingston, LA 70754
(225) 686-2881
erdeyd@legis.la.gov
Senator Rick Gallot
P.O. Box 1117
Ruston, LA 71270
(318) 251-5019
gallotr@legis.la.gov
Senator Elbert L. Guillory
633 East Landry Street
Opelousas, LA 70570
(337) 943-2457
guillorye@legis.la.gov
Senator David Heitmeier
3501 Holiday Drive
Suite 225
New Orleans, LA 70114
(504) 361-6356
HeitmeierD@legis.la.gov
Senator Ronnie Johns
1011 Lakeshore Drive
Suite 515
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 491-2016
johnsr@legis.la.gov
Senator Robert W. “Bob” Kostelka
P.O. Box 2122
Monroe, LA 71207
(318) 362-3474
kostelka@legis.la.gov
Senator Eric LaFleur
P.O. Box 617
Ville Platte, LA 70586
(337) 363-5019
lafleure@legis.la.gov
Senator Gerald Long
P.O. Box 151
Winnfield, LA 71483
(318) 628-5799
(800) 265-2437
longg@legis.la.gov
Senator Daniel “Danny” Martiny
131 Airline Highway
Suite 201
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 834-7676
martinyd@legis.la.gov
Senator Fred H. Mills
800 S. Lewis St.
Suite 203
New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 365-8484
millsf@legis.la.gov
Senator Jean-Paul J. Morrell
6305 Elysian Fields Ave.
Suite 404
New Orleans, LA 70122
(504) 284-4794
morrelljp@legis.la.gov
Senator Dan “Blade” Morrish
119 W. Nezpique Street
Jennings, LA 70546
(337) 824-3979
morrishd@legis.la.gov
Senator Edwin R. Murray
1540 N. Broad St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 945-0042
murraye@legis.la.gov
Senator Ben Nevers
724 Avenue F
Bogalusa, LA 70427
(985) 732-6863
neversb@legis.la.gov
Senator Barrow Peacock
1619 Jimmie Davis Highway
Bossier City, LA 71112
(318) 741-7180
peacockb@legis.la.gov
Senator Jonathan W. Perry
P.O. Box 100
Kaplan, LA 70548
(337) 740-6425
perryj@legis.la.gov
Senator Karen Carter Peterson
1010 Common St.
Suite 2510
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 568-8346
petersonk@legis.la.gov
Senator Neil Riser
P.O. Box 117
Columbia, LA 71418
(318) 649-0977
risern@legis.la.gov
Senator Gary Smith
P.O Box 189
Norco, LA 70079
(985) 764-9122
smithgl@legis.la.gov
Senator John R. Smith
611-B South 5th Street
Leesville, LA 71446
(337) 238-2709
smithj@legis.la.gov
Senator Gregory Tarver
1024 Pierre Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318) 227-1499
tarverg@legis.la.gov
Senator Francis Thompson
P.O. Box 68
Delhi, LA 71232
(318) 878-9408
thompsof@legis.la.gov
Senator Mike Walsworth
4007 White’s Ferry Rd
Suite A
West Monroe, LA 71291
(318) 340-6453
walsworthm@legis.la.gov
Senator Rick Ward
3741 Highway 1
Port Allen, LA 70767
(225) 246-8838
wardr@legis.la.gov
Senator Mack “Bodi” White
808 O’Neal Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
(225) 272-1324
whitem@legis.la.gov
HB 618 could devastate all water sources in Louisiana- threatening our coast, agriculture, and drinking water.
The first is an inquiry from the Farm Bureau to the Commissioner of Conservation asking if HB 618, by Rep. Abramson, would give the Commissioner authority to grant exceptions to DNR remediation standards, specifically with respect to “salt parameter standards to environmental media (soils, groundwater, surface water).”
The response is clear: Yes.
The bill in its current form would allow the Commissioner the authority to approve of remediation plans that don’t meet the state standard. This is a dangerous proposition.
Re-post from thepoliticaldesk.com – Last week, we detailed all of the contributions Gov. Bobby Jindal has received from trial lawyers, landowners and others who are involved with one side of the legacy litigation issue.
This week, we’re providing details on the other side. Specifically, how five of the lawmakers leading the legacy debate collected more than $43,000 in contributions in 2011 alone from the oil and gas industry and other related parties. Continue reading
Another feather in the cap for BIG OIL as a former BP employee Kurt Mix was arrested and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans. Continue reading
