Mar
03
2016
Originally posted on The Lens on February 16th, 2016. Read original article here.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has named civil engineer Michael Ellis the new executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the agency in charge of the...
Mar
03
2016
Algiers property owners are about to live an old maxim: If something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
In this case, it’s that annual property-tax bill that recently arrived.
Algiers residents who noticed the bill was a little...
Feb
16
2016
Louisiana’s shrinking wetlands can feel like a far-away concept, but Lost Lands brings it to life through breathtaking guided kayak tours.
Originally published on GoNOLA.com on February 15th, 2016. Click here to read the original article.
Did you know Louisiana is...
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on December 21st, 2015. See original post here.
Map makers often use red to denote danger, to sound alarms. But on the latest National Weather Service map showing storm surge in Louisiana from a worst-case Category 3 hurricane,...
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on December 4th, 2015. See original post here.
During a recent meeting of the regional flood authority, commissioner Paul Tilly asked for an update on the panel’s lawsuit filed in July 2013 against oil and gas companies for destroying...
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on The Lens on December 2nd, 2015. See original post here.
Continued coastal land loss in Louisiana could cost the state and national economies tens of billions dollars a year, and it could allow a single hurricane to...
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on The Lens on December 2nd, 2015. See original post here.
One sign that Prisca Weems represents something new and surprising in New Orleans is her never-before-seen title in city government: Stormwater Manager.
And if that doesn’t get your...
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on The Lens on November 12th, 2015. See original post here.
As he looked at the amount of money coming to Louisiana from BP’s settlement of the Deepwater Horizon pollution disaster, David Muth shook his head in wonder....
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on The Lens on October 21st, 2015. See original here.
The head of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has long said his agency would recommend building controversial river sediment diversions only if research showed that possible gains...
Dec
21
2015
Originally posted on The Lens on October 16th, 2015. See original post here.
When news broke this month that oil giant BP had agreed to pay $20.8 billion in fines for its Deepwater Horizon disaster, the figure seemed huge.
But when...
