"Today, the Lafourche Parish Council has closed the door on coastal lawsuits even in the face of unrelenting pressures from trial lawyers.

Trial lawyers have asked Lafourche Parish Council Members multiple times to join these lawsuits and each time they have said no. With this vote, Lafourche sent a clear message: we stand with the 62,485 men and women of the Bayou Region who power our energy industry.

Lafourche is a parish where industry and jobs are welcome. Where we can work proactively and voluntarily with local, state and federal agencies and nonprofit conservation organizations to keep restoring and protecting our working coast and its communities. Here, we stand for American energy and its environment—together."

- Marc Ehrhardt, Executive Director of the Grow Louisiana Coalition