councilmen in plaquemines parish filing lawsuits against the oil and gas industry now we have to be paying attention to every council meeting in the parish, and we have to make sure that we have pro oil and gas councilmen elected. this is an incredible amount of money that the industry is having to spend, not investing, not drilling new wells not paying employees not doing the things that we wanna be doing but simply defending lawsuits. >> these all-encompassing lawsuits to sue the industry so you can force a settlement so the lawyers can make a bunch of money isn't going to solve any of the problems that louisiana has with our coast. >> so your assessment of liability is zero? >> i haven't seen anything that would indicate that there was a violation of any permit issues to the oil & gas industry, at this point, no. >> the industry itself has acknowledged that in excess of a third of it is directly a result of industry activity, that's according to a report.... >> there have been studies that have put the impact at very different levels. but ag