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Lawsuit Loses Focus as Louisiana Stuggles to Save Wetlands
Lawsuit Loses Focus as Louisiana Stuggles to Save Wetlands
   John Barry is either a hero or a huckster, a concerned citizen or a radical activist. It depends on who you ask. Barry, as part of a board appointed by the state to study flood protection after Hurricane Katrina, helped engineer a*lawsuit*against 97 oil and gas companies, seeking damages that would help pay for a plan to mitigate Louisiana's eroding coastline. The suit charges that the companies' activities contributed to the coastline shrinking and they should pay to restore the state's natural flood protection. "People want to call me an environmental activist, but this is **t about activism. This is about law and order," said Barry. "The law required [companies] to clean up after themselves, and they didn't do it." Read more... More about Lawsuit, Hurricane Katrina, Cleanup, Environmentalism, and Us World ??????? ??????: Lawsuit Loses Focus as Louisiana Stuggles to Save Wetlands || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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