Should Louisiana be a sanctuary state for oil and gas? This bill would make it so
Tristan Baurick
A state lawmaker wants to make Louisiana a fossil fuel sanctuary state, quixotically asserting special sovereignty to nullify any federal law, regulation or tax that in any way harms the oil and gas industry.
Rep. Danny McCormick, a Republican from Oil City, a town of about 1,000 residents in northwest Louisiana, says his House Bill 617 is a preemptive effort to protect the industry from the future policies of President Joe Biden s administration. What he ll do, I can t answer yet, McCormick said Wednesday, shortly after the bill was introduced in the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee. There may be no limit to his attacks on the fossil fuel industry.
Here in Louisiana, we have more than our fair share of delectable heritage foods. Many of them are harvested from the wild. On this week s show, we go Down on the Batture with Tulane University
One of several photographs that Alexander Allison shot of the flooded conditions along the Mississippi River at the turn of the 20th century. Tulane University professor Oliver Houck used this picture on the cover of his classic book, Down on the Batture.
Credit Alexander Allison
environmental professor Oliver Houck. He explains the ecology of this small sliver of land, the bounty of foodstuffs found there, and the opportunities it provides for fringe living.