© Sean Gardner / ReutersOiled and dead marsh grass is seen on the banks near Port Sulphur, Louisiana
In late July, Vermilion Parish announced it was suing 49 oil and gas companies for violating regulatory and permitting guidelines while instigating alleged land loss via marsh erosion, radioactive water discharge, and salt water intrusion into local ecosystems.
"There were certain requirements that were placed by the issuance of permits that required operators, those operating in the oil and gas industry, to clean up the sites once the operations were completed, to clean up, to restore the sites, to replant vegetation in areas that vegetation had been compromised," said Keith Stutes, Louisiana's 15th Judicial District Attorney, according to KLFY. "It's those types of coastal claims that are the object of this lawsuit."
Vermilion joined Cameron, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes along the state's Gulf Coast that have filed lawsuits alleging that oil and natural gas drilling has caused major land loss and other damages along coastal waters. If the parishes are successful, monetary awards will be directed to coastal restoration.
Comment: The criticism is that Native American students feel bad when they look at the paintings. Wow. Art touching feelings. Isn't that what it is supposed to do? Of course, this is an excuse. The chancellor called it 'a good business decision' not based on political correctness. What? Even so, as we eliminate the reminders that the Native Americans were unmercifully massacred for their land, as were the intruders (not that either of these paintings depict such), we literally 'white-wash' the remembrance of history and ultimately the lessons provided therein.