Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) called tort reform changes enacted at the state legislature a victory. But for anyone who cares about Louisiana’s role in making America energy-dominant, it’s hard to see what we’re celebrating.

Despite all the headlines, the so-called “tort reform” may tweak a few rules, but it leaves the single biggest obstacle to President Donald Trump’s “America First” energy agenda untouched: the decade-old coastal lawsuits that continue to strangle Louisiana’s energy economy.

In April, Trump signed an executive order calling for states to end the weaponization of lawsuits against the energy industry. Yet in Louisiana, the coastal lawsuits continue to drag energy producers through........

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