Louisiana Considered: Russel Honoré on who pays for abandoned oil facility cleanup post-Ida

By Adam Vos,

Katelyn Umholtz, Aubry Procell

Published October 14, 2021 at 1:30 PM CDT

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Veterans Day Celebration – Honoring All Who Served, at the USDA headquarters’ Jefferson Auditorium, in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Keynote speaker (U.S. Army) Lt. General (Retired) Russel L. Honoré. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Veterans Day Celebration – Honoring All Who Served, at the USDA headquarters’ Jefferson Auditorium, in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Keynote speaker (U.S. Army) Lt. General (Retired) Russel L. Honoré.

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
Russel Honoré, a retired lieutenant general who was in charge of the U.S. response to Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago, says cleanup of oil that escaped from abandoned oil infrastructure during Hurricane Ida could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Who should pay for it? Here's what Honore has to say.
Shreveport filmmakerGregory Kallenberg talks with us about the Louisiana Film Prize and what it's doing for indie film producers in Louisiana.

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Adam Vos

Adam is responsible for coordinating WRKF's programming and making sure everything you hear on the radio runs smoothly. He is also the voice of Baton Rouge's local news every afternoon during All Things Considered.

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