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Honore: Oil and chemical companies “hijacking our democracy”

In BP Spill, Commentary, Fracking, Human Interest, Main, Politics, Regulation
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Talk about a contrast: This weekend, I told you about a speech in New Orleans before America’s top environment journalists that was delivered by Geoff Morrell, the former Pentagon flack turned public relations “expert” for BP in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon fiasco. I mentioned that Morrell stunned the reporters in the audience by blaming the aura of bad publicity...

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Louisiana awaits 2015 to undo the damage caused by Big Oil

In Commentary, Important Articles, Legacy Lawsuits, Legal, Main, Politics, Regulation
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Sometimes it’s a struggle to find the kernel of good news amid the morass that is our corrupted political system, especially in my home state of Louisiana. Earlier this year, I told you about the big reactionary push in Baton Rouge, by the oil giants against the state’s up-and-coming environmental movement. The Republican pro-business majority, with control of the legislature and with...

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Stuart H. Smith is an attorney based in New Orleans fighting major oil companies and other polluters.
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