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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana

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The Supreme Court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.

The 8-0 procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.

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