Louisiana Levee Group Sues Oil Companies Over Wetlands
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About 100 oil companies including units of Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips Co. and BP Plc were sued by a Louisiana flood protection group seeking the repair of coastal storm buffers.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East claims the oil companies degraded storm protections by dredging more than 10,000 miles of canals for pipelines and by conducting exploration activities in coastal wetlands, according to a complaint filed today in state court in Orleans Parish.