What percentage does the gas & oil industry contribute to Louisiana's economy?
About 7%
About 7%
I've said before that I grew up in the Southwest Louisiana oil patch in a refinery town. I know both the prosperity and unpleasant side effects that oil and gas exploration and chemical production can cause. Few people in that part of the world want to get rid of the industry. But if you think you can trust the industry to always be a good citizen and to pay for the damage they cause — as the noisiest members of the Arkansas legislature's Shale Caucus seem to want us to believe — I ask you to think again.
Another anecdote here , about Texaco's neighborliness in operation of a gas pipeline facility. Who can you trust if you can't trust the man with the big Texaco star?
In this story, you'll see that it's local folks — many of them industry employees — who aren't happy about pollution of their land.
The same local roots apply to Sam Lane of Greenbrier, the director of Stop Arkansas Fracking , who wrote a fine op-ed in the Democrat-Gazette the other day. It's behind a pay wall, but I'm going to ask him for a copy of it or similar so I can make it available free. Here's his website in the meanwhile. His bottom line, after reciting some of the many problems already noted:
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Ahead of the Bell: Offshore drilling companies
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Oil talking points get recycled
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State Investing $12 Million in Emergency Restoration Funding for Louisiana ...
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Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu grills Salazar on offshore drilling
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