Pelican Institute Opposes EPA Clean Power Plan

By Margaret Viator

12/04/2014

This week the Pelican Institute for Public Policy submitted public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency opposing EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which would increase electricity prices and raise reliability concerns in Louisiana.

TAGS: Clean Power Plan, energy, environment, Environmental Protection Agency

Pelican Institute-R Street Report Calls for Careful Oversight of RESTORE Act

By Margaret Viator

11/19/2013

Louisiana faces real vulnerabilities and cannot afford to see funds misused on projects that do not advance the act's goals. This opportunity to accomplish something good out of the BP disaster should not be squandered.

TAGS: BP oil spill, coastal restoration, Daniel Rothschild, Deepwater Horizon, environment, Louisiana, R Street Institute, RESTORE Act, Scalise

Engulfed By Environmental Crimes: Overcriminalization on the Gulf Coast

By Margaret Viator

01/24/2013

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida all border the Gulf of Mexico and between these five states alone they have passed nearly 1,000 laws criminalizing various coastal activities.

TAGS: Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, environment, Louisiana, Marc Levin, overcriminalization, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Vikrant Reddy

Study Alleges Majority of Legacy Lawsuits Fail to Produce Hard Evidence of Contamination

By Kevin Mooney

03/29/2012

Are the attorneys and plaintiffs who file lawsuits built around oilfield contamination allegations genuinely concerned about environmental damage? Or, are they instead motivated by a loophole in the law that allows for financial awards to be detached from cleanup efforts?

TAGS: American Tort Reform Association, department of natural resources, environment, Legacy Lawsuits, Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Sierra Club

Hurricane Katrina Victims Sue Over Global Warming

By Robert Flanagan

11/24/2009

The theatre of the absurd has found a new headlining act in Comer v. Murphy Oil USA. Essentially, landowners in Mississippi are suing oil and coal companies for rising sea levels and increased hurricane strength, claiming that the greenhouse gases they release is the cause. The Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans recently overturned a...

TAGS: Comer v. Murphy Oil, environment, Hurricane Katrina, Litigation

Why Louisiana Should Not Build High-Speed Rail

By Kevin Kane

07/28/2009

President Obama has earmarked $8 Billion for high-speed rail as part of the stimulus package. Boosters of this plan claim that it would ease traffic congestion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But is high-speed rail really the environmentally-friendly, efficient means of transportation its proponents say it is? And would a costly high-speed rail plan benefit...

TAGS: energy, environment, High-speed rail, transportation

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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