U.S. energy interests warn that if decades of land loss, a widely regarded issue of crisis, succeed, it could threaten the future of U.S. energy exploration.
Plaquemines Parish, a coastal jurisdiction south of New Orleans (called “county” in most other states) is seeking billions of dollars in herringbone compensation due to allegations surrounding its now-obtained sibsidiary Texaco’s conduct.
“After Texaco stopped operations and was acquired by Chevron, the parish and state have worked with lawyers for private plaintiffs to file dozens of lawsuits under the 1980 law that never filed for oil and gasoline activities,” said Chevron spokesman Bill Turenne.
“The Fifth Circuit has ruled that the plaintiff’s theory has no advantage. Dioces and states should cease efforts to destroy state courts in the oil and gas sectors. in Louisiana. ”
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Plaquemines v. Rozel accused Texaco of releasing toxic pollution to the Bayou wetlands around the 1980s and violating the licensing law. But if Chevron/Texas is about to lose, observers say that could form a very bad precedent, and dozens of other cases against energy producers will soon land in court in Louisiana.
According to local media reports, local media involving BP, Shell and others claimed that a case in Cameron Parish (hometown of Lake Charles) led to a “landmark settlement.”
According to New Orleans Times-Picayune, most of the lawsuits were filed by or related to lawyers.
Carmouche is seen as an ally of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry.
Gulf Coast climate change activists and skeptics have highlighted the problem of land loss in Louisiana – nearly 2,000 square miles of land have been lost to coastal erosion since 1900.
“It’s not just a climate shock,” he said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “It’s a real policy issue in Louisiana – People [in Plaquemines] There is some urgency on issues that Washington Republicans may not understand. ”
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Erspamer noted that Landry appointed Carmouche to the Louisiana State University board of directors to prove its close relationship. There was no reply to a representative from Kamoche’s office at the time of publication, nor did he call Landry.
Jimmy Faircloth, a lawyer representing state institutions, told the Times that the Landry government supports the energy industry and its positive impact on employment.
Faircloth reportedly said the case was more about what Texas calls “past sins” and the failure to enforce regulations over the past few decades.
As energy development technology develops, its operational capacity has improved cleanly, which proves that Pennsylvania Natural Gas Corporation is said to be the flammable hydraulic power of flammable tap water. Critics there say the intense influence comes from actions from the mid-20th century, not contemporary actions.
In Louisiana, similar sentiments dominate among the critics of the lawsuit.
Erspamer cites a series of human events in natural and non-energy developments that have led to a catastrophic crisis.
Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi River and other phenomena have changed powerful waterway routes and blamed energy companies for many erosions.
In the 1930s, Texas began to operate in Louisiana, and during World War II, the government used many U.S. companies, including the oil sector, to contribute primarily or entirely to the Allied efforts.
Carmouche claimed in court earlier this month that the damage to the alleged action in Texas was comparable to the 2010 Gulf oil spill, claiming that Texaco did not properly comply with the licensing process more than 40 years ago, according to Times-Picayune.
ERSPAMER Landry sayslike the bipartisan governor before him, correctly viewed land losses as a “big problem”, but said Republicans “must be seen as a little crusader.”
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He said that then-Patoni General Landry had signed a joint prosecution agreement with Kamoche, “allowing him to deal with these land loss cases on behalf of the state.”
Regarding the theme of Landry’s support for energy development in the state, and part of Donald Trump’s vision for revitalizing the domestic energy sector, Erspamer said if the Governor asked directly to the governor: “He will tell you that it has nothing to do with the LNG revival, he is part of the governor, and it has something to do with past sin.”
Erspamer also agreed to critics’ warnings about the long-term consequences of U.S. Gulf oil and gas development if any lawsuits, including plaquemines, succeed.
“For example, I think Chevron is saying now: Listen: If Louisiana is going to pay us $3 billion in coolness, and even more…how do we do business in that state?”
Fox News Digital also contacted two Louisiana Senators, John N. Kennedy and Bill Cassidy, for their concerns about the lawsuit and its potential impact on Pelicans State.
