Proposed pipeline provokes heated debate

NAPOLEONVILLE - Discussions over a proposed Louisiana pipeline got heated as environmentalists and oil and gas workers weighed the pros and cons.The Bayou Bridge Pipeline would stretch from Lake Charles to St. James Parish, transporting crude oil. It would join dozens of other pipelines that already run through the Atchafalaya Basin and river parishes."It would be able to provide more crude," one proponent of the pipeline said.Before work can begin, the state has to approve the project. However,