You say that as if the people of Louisiana would have actually had a say in it or been able to stop this if only they would have voted differently. Unfortunately, most of this stuff is coming from federal agencies. Even if all of louisiana voted on a unified front against this, it would matter little.

Louisiana has 8 electoral college votes. 6 seats in the house and 2 seats in the senate.

This isn't enough to get any change done on its own. It doesn't take much to overpower Louisiana's voice.

Not to mention that they can't control the entire gulf to protect its share of the shore, nor does the state have the resources to actually do much about it (IIRC, there is a lot of poverty in the state).

Every time the people have tried to choose a fate other than deference to the extractive industry, they are overruled.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oakland-port-coal-2018...

And beaten and arrested and ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline

Because its the rich who choose; the masses of normal people are stuck

They don't choose their own fate. Gerrymandering and voter suppression is very real. That's very true in the southern states, where minority rule is the norm.

This is an important comment. Also ignorant populace easily influenced by propaganda.

They don’t - the state environment regulator goes to the oil and gas lobby industry dinner and says “Jump? How high?” With a Democratic governor.