The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association annual meeting is underway in Lake Charles. Governor Edwards and two candidates for United States Senate are expected to address the gathering today.
Potential layoffs in the industry, as well as companies pulling back and reassessing their budgets has Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs concerned as gas prices continue to fall.
The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association will appeal the ruling of a state judge who said the Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East could hire its own private attorneys to prosecute lawsuits against the oil and gas industry in Louisiana.
Study after study concludes there is no environmental contamination that has come from hydraulic fracturing...that message doesn't get across to the public.