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...
Apr
06
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on March 28th. See original post here.
Green will become the favorite color for thousands of New Orleans property owners when the new FEMA flood maps finally become official at the end of the month.
That’s...
Apr
06
2016
Originally posted on March 24th, 2016 on The Lens. Originally posted here.
This story has been updated with a statement from Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Since being unveiled nine years ago, Louisiana’s plan for coastal salvation, now pegged at $92 billion, has cleared a...
Apr
06
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on March 11th, 2016. See original post here.
David Waggonner is the envy of most public-policy advocates: He can say his vision was endorsed by – ahem – God.
The architect’s vision was to convert 25...
Apr
06
2016
Originally posted on March 4th, 2016 on The Lens. See original post here.
As the state prepares a required five-year update to its long-term Coastal Master Plan, new research has revived three questions that some experts have had for years....
Mar
03
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on March 3rd, 2016. Read original post here.
As the state prepares a required five-year update to its long-term Coastal Master Plan, new research has revived three questions that some experts have had for years....
Mar
03
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on March 2nd, 2016. See original article here.
As the state prepares a required five-year update to its long-term Coastal Master Plan, new research has revived three questions that some experts have had for years. The...
Mar
03
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on March 1st, 2016. Read original article here.
When the state unveiled the the first detailed Coastal Master Plan in 2012, a selling point for the 50-year $50-billion effort was that it would be building more wetlands than the rising...
Mar
03
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on February 29th, 2016. See original post here.
Attorneys for the local levee authority Monday urged the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling dismissing their suit against oil and...
