Jan
05
2017
Many Louisianans may have been shocked by grimmer forecasts in the latest edition of the state’s 50-year plan to protect its coast: There is no longer hope that more land can be built than the Gulf takes each year. Even...
Jan
03
2017
The 2017 draft version of the Coastal Master Plan, released today, offers a much grimmer view of the future than its predecessors. Twice as much land could be lost if the state does nothing. Even if everything works as...
Dec
13
2016
Living in southern Louisiana without flood insurance is a bigger gamble after this news from researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research: If the climate continues to warm, the big thunderstorms that cause flash flooding probably will become...
Dec
02
2016
Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election left Louisiana’s environmental community asking two questions:
How bad?
How quickly?
They were the right questions.
When Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20, the Oval Office and both houses of Congress will be controlled...
Nov
23
2016
Just when you think the news about sea level rise couldn’t get much worse for New Orleans, it has.
According to a study released this month, the city will experience one of the highest increases in sea level among 138...
Nov
17
2016
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA shows the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 not only caused widespread damage to Louisiana’s already crumbling wetlands, but also speeded up erosion since then.
Researchers measured shoreline losses in...
Nov
11
2016
Louisiana’s crumbling coast would suffer devastating flooding and dramatic land loss, leading to mass evacuations within a few decades, if president-elect Donald Trump carries through with his pledge to pull the U.S. out of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
That...
Nov
11
2016
Louisiana’s crumbling coast would suffer devastating flooding and dramatic land loss, leading to mass evacuations within a few decades, if president-elect Donald Trump carries through with his pledge to pull the U.S. out of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
That...
Oct
11
2016
For several years, people in the coastal restoration community have debated whether the state should rebuild its sinking, crumbling wetlands with massive river diversions or by pumping mud from the river into the marsh.
People in favor of diversions contend they’re the...
Feb
28
2013
Originally posted on February 27th, 2013. View the original post here.
Yes, we can. And, by the way: You’re wrong.
That’s how Garret Graves, head of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and some coastal scientists have responded to federal researchers...
