Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 13th, 2013. View original post here.
With three of the nation’s largest environmental groups working out of local offices to help save Louisiana’s drowning coast, it seemed only a matter of time before...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 6th, 2013. View original post here.
Seven years ago Louisiana gained national praise by overhauling its dysfunctional levee board system. Some 81 percent of voters said “yes” to a constitutional amendment allowing consolidation...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on August 1st, 2013. View original post here.
As the heart of hurricane season approaches, residents protected by the new Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Systemcan be excused for feeling a little confident. After all,...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on July 26th, 2013. View original post here.
Since the 1970s, researchers have that shown oil and gas activities are one of the major causes for the catastrophic loss of 2,000 square miles of coastal...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on July 23, 2013. View original post here.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority is expected to file suit Wednesday against more than 100 oil and gas companies for contributing to the disappearance of Louisiana’s...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on July 15th, 2013. View original post here.
In a recent letter to the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the National Marine Fisheries Service expressed many of the same concerns about the planned Myrtle...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on The Lens on May 23rd, 2013. View original post here.
With the June 1 opening of hurricane season just days away, metro area residents have gotten a double dose of good news from the U.S. Army Corps...
Oct
07
2013
Originally posted on May 21st on The Lens. View original post here.
The new Google app arrived in my life to the kind of reception reserved for a doctor carrying the results of a biopsy. Did I really want to...
Jun
14
2013
Originally posted on June 1oth. View original post here.
After interviewing nearly 20 people involved in the coastal restoration process and program — from scientists and engineers, to public officials leading agencies — one of the surprising findings was the consensus...
Jun
14
2013
Originally posted on WWNO on June 3rd. View original post here.
If there is one underlying justification for Louisiana’s $50 billion Master Plan for coastal restoration, it’s this: We actually have a chance to prevent Southeast Louisiana from drowning in...
