Environmental (and political) junkies got a double fix on Nov. 18 when The Lens hosted a Breakfast with the Newsmakers discussion between Lens environmental writer Bob Marshall and Gladstone Jones, the lead attorney in the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority — East’s lawsuit against more than 90 oil and gas companies.
Has the extraordinary release of documents in the Seth Fontenot murder
trial really served the public interest and — more important — his right
to a fair trial?
Out of the news cycle and moving slowly, a regional flood authority’s
action against the oil and gas industry remains in appeals courts on
both the state and federal levels.
