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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Sara Sneath for Floodlight

Louisiana legislator pushes bills benefiting the oil and gas industry — and her husband

Sharon Hewitt, a former executive at Shell, has introduced, co-sponsored and voted on legislation that would benefit the oil company her husband works for or his fossil fuel investments.
Sharon Hewitt, a former executive at Shell, has introduced, co-sponsored and voted on legislation that would benefit the oil company her husband works for or his fossil fuel investments. Photograph: Melinda Deslatte/AP

More than 300 people were evacuated from their homes and 49 hospitalized when a carbon dioxide pipeline run by an oil and gas company ruptured in a rural community in Mississippi. People were described as wandering around “like zombies” in the aftermath of the February 2020 incident.

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