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Freeport-McMoRan receives Attorney General authorization to resolve coastal claims and last updated 2021-03-04 18:02:40-05 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced on Thursday, March 4, that he has authorized an agreement to release Freeport-McMoRan Inc. from all claims for past impacts to the Louisiana Coastal Zone. The agreement will effectively end longtime litigation between the company and coastal parishes in the State. The Attorney Generals Office says that while Freeport chose to...

They go back out on the water. you take the water away, i dont know what -- what those people are going to do. it goes to some comments senator landrieu offered just yesterday. >> weve always said were a working coast. we didnt build this coast on condos. we do vacation there, but we didnt build it full of vacation homes. weve built it with a great fishing industry, both commercial and recreation, and the oil and gas industry. half of a family, as you know would fish. the other half would work o...

Switch, someone failed in oversight. let me finish up with a final question. >> you may be correct. hold on about the money. tell that for the fishermen out of work. theyre looking for a paycheck. >> i am. >> how about the money for the booms? thats expensive. we need more of those. it really is about the money and about being fair to the coastal states. louisiana, texas, mississippi, and alabama, that have been drilling for this oil for years. the nation needs it. we want to share that revenue ...