Gov. Bobby Jindal Quashes Lawsuit Against 97 Oil And Gas Companies For Years Of Destroying Wetlands | ThinkProgress
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Three former Louisiana governors, State Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, more than 100 legal experts, and a number of environmental groups and state politicians urged Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal not to sign a bill that would kill a New Orleans area flood authority’s lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies. On Friday, Gov. Jindall signed that bill. Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, called the signing “a huge victory for the oil and gas industry.”
Not only were there significant concerns over the companies’ responsibility for paying for years of damaging dredging and destruction of hundreds of thousands of acres of coastal wetlands, but also that the bill could undermine other lawsuits against oil and gas interests in Louisiana — including claims against BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.