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Coastal News Roundup: Lawsuits End, Settlements Reached

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Travis Lux,
Travis Lux
Published November 5, 2017 at 9:08 PM EST
The U.S. Supreme Court building. The court refused to hear a local levee board's appeal of a lower court's ruling -- ending its lawsuit against more than 90 oil and gas companies.
U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court building. The court refused to hear a local levee board's appeal of a lower court's ruling -- ending its lawsuit against more than 90 oil and gas companies.

This week on the Coastal News Roundup: legal stuff!

A local levee board's lawsuit against more than 90 oil and gas companies ends after bouncing around in the courts for several years. Plus, the EPA, the federal Department of Justice, and the State of Louisiana reach a settlement with Exxon Mobil, after claiming Exxon's facilities violated the Clean Air Act.
 

Mark Schleifstein from Nola.com | The Times-Picayune's breaks it all down with WWNO's Travis Lux.

Coastal News Roundup: Lawsuits End, Settlements Reached

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Travis Lux
Travis Lux primarily contributes science and health stories to Louisiana's Lab. He studied anthropology and sociology at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, and picked up his first microphone at the Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole, MA. In his spare time he loves to cook -- especially soups and casseroles.
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Travis is WWNO's coastal reporter.