In loving memory of Al Cahall
Anyone who has ever attended a Levees.org event would certainly have noticed Al Cahall’s presence. Al took care of every audiovisual need for the grassroots advocacy group that I founded–with the help of my son–after the 2005 Flood in New Orleans. Time after time, year after year, our events went “without a hitch” due to […]
Citizens of Louisiana Continue Their Fight Against Big Oil
This post is also featured today in the Huffington Post. When I heard that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East had filed lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, I, as the founder of Levees.org, urged our board to immediately and publicly support the suit which demanded that the energy industry fix the coast that it […]
Governor Jindal Signs Bill to Kill the Big Oil Lawsuit
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal yesterday signed Senate Bill 469, legislation that was written specifically to kill a lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for their damage to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. The suit, brought by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East last summer, was intended to restore wetlands necessary to protect coastal communities from […]
