Faced with a continuing loss of wetlands and the protection they provide to newly rebuilt levees in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the authority that oversees East Bank levee districts filed a historic lawsuit Wednesday, July 24, 2013, against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, demanding that they immediately restore damage to the wetlands.
Faced with a continuing loss of wetlands and the protection they provide to newly rebuilt levees in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the authority that oversees East Bank levee districts filed a historic lawsuit Wednesday, July 24, 2013, against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, demanding that they immediately restore damage to the wetlands.
Faced with a continuing loss of wetlands and the protection they provide to newly rebuilt levees in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the authority that oversees East Bank levee districts filed a historic lawsuit Wednesday, July 24, 2013, against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, demanding that they immediately restore damage to the wetlands.