Costs Mount For Louisiana's Case Against BP

January 14, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Costs Mount For Louisiana's Case Against BP BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's attorney general has spent nearly $24 million building the state's legal case against BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with much of the money paid to outside law firms that have contributed to his campaigns.  Continue reading... Study Suggests How Climate Damage Could Be Largely Avoided Government's Surprising Response To Beijing Air Pollution GMO Debate Rages On After Prop 37 Failure Old Coffee Grounds: Ideas For Reusing Java And Tea Bags Animal Photos Of The Week: Sea Lions, Monkeys, Japanese Macaques And More Pictures Climate Change Study: Emissions Limits Could Greatly Avoid Future Damage Old Coffee Grounds: Ideas For Reusing Java And Tea Bags Mars Astronauts Should Be Vegan, PETA Urges Old Coffee Grounds: Ideas For Reusing Java And Tea Bags Meet The Quokka, The Happiest Animal In The World (PHOTOS) Mars Astronauts Should Be Vegan, PETA Urges TED DANSON Another Stumble in the Quest for Arctic Oil The Department of the Interior must reassess its decisions that allowed Shell to proceed with its plans to drill in such a harsh but ecologically-sensitive area of the world. Continue reading... DOUG KENDALL Too Rich to Lose Money? AIG, the Takings Clause and the Roberts Court The Takings Clause made national news last week with the spectacle of AIG playing Hamlet in debating whether "to sue, or not to sue" the federal government over the terms of the company's bailout -- a rather backhanded way of thanking American taxpayers for keeping the company from bankruptcy in 2008. Continue reading... FAY JOHNSON Leading the Deliberate Life Does it really matter if you recycle that plastic bottle? Does it matter where you buy your clothes or where they are made? Does taking public transit really make a difference? If you believe that our choices affect our lives and the lives of others, it does. Continue reading... ANN GREEN Promised Land and the Illusion of Choice Promised Land gets the deeper issue right, the harder truth: for the landowners approached by gas companies and the people in "gasland" there's not really a choice, there's just an illusion of choice. Continue reading... DONNA SOLOMON, DVM The Scoop on Your Pet's Poop Recognizing early changes in your pet's stool quality will allow you to detect and address a problem early, which increases the likelihood of a successful outcome. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.