President Donald Trump’s bold agenda for American energy dominance is in full effect. Summer drivers already see the benefits as summer gas prices are unseasonably low. The White House press team recently explained, “Prices at the pump keep dropping, thanks to President Trump unleashing American energy … making life more affordable for families as a result.” 

Despite this celebrated success, the energy dominance agenda faces unexpected headwinds from a red state that overwhelmingly voted for Trump. In Louisiana, a state built on energy, trial attorneys are waging a campaign of frivolous litigation, exploiting decades-old laws to sue producers for billions over dubious coastal erosion claims. These lawsuits, backed by political allies, not only burden major energy companies with massive verdicts but also stand to choke investment, kill jobs, and undermine the very industry at the center of Trump’s energy dominance goals. 

At the heart of these cases is a very real environmental problem facing Louisiana’s coastal parishes: land loss. Experts agree that there are a multitude of causes encompassing natural variation as well as human development. One of the main human-caused culprits is the Mississippi River levee system, which has........

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