May
01
2013
Originally posted on April 10th, 2013. View the original post here.
For decades, those leading the life-and-death struggle to keep southeast Louisiana from being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico have had a battle cry: “Put the river back into the...
Mar
20
2013
Originally posted on March 8th, 2013. View the original post here.
Thirty-five miles south of New Orleans, the silt-laden Mississippi River intermittently rolls through a 150-foot gap that started opening on the river’s east bank during the Mardi Gras 2011 flood....
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...
Feb
27
2013
Originally posted on February 21st, 2013. View the original post here.
Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic studies have predicted to date.
While state officials...
Feb
04
2013
Originally posted on January 27th, 2013 in The Lens. View the original post here.
The RESTORE Act allows 80 percent of Clean Water Act fines resulting from the disaster to be used for ecosystem and economic restoration of the gulf. Current law would send the...
Jan
31
2013
Originally posted on January 27th, 2013. View the original post here.
The message I'm talking about is the one that goes like this: The federal government is the problem. We need to reduce the federal government and get its agencies out...
Jan
31
2013
Originally posted on January 13th, 2013. View the original post here.
WARNING: This column contains science. It might be considered inappropriate or offensive by certain members of our congressional delegation and others who call themselves conservative. Ideological discretion is advised.
The South Louisiana...
Jan
03
2013
Originally posted on December 16th, 2012. View the original post here.
At a recent program on our (currently losing) fight to keep Southeast Louisiana from being swallowed by the expanding Gulf, panelists were discussing all the usual items -- marsh creation,...
Dec
17
2012
Originally posted on December 16th, 2012. View the original post here.
Everyone knows a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. But engineers also know this: The more links in a chain, the greater the chance of failure. Keep that...
Nov
27
2012
Originally posted on November 26th. View original post here.
When coastal groups begin considering candidates for conservationist of the year awards, I hope Attorney General Eric Holder -- or at least his office -- is at the top of their...
