Feb
13
2013
By Millie Ball for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 2013. View the original post here.
NEW ORLEANS — One thing you can say about New Orleanians: They know how to punt.
When the date for Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII was set,...
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
29
2012
Aired WGNO's News With a Twist on October 24, 2012. Read the website article here
Bob Marshall has been an outdoors writer for the Times-Picayune for decades. He knows Louisiana’s coast and waterways better than just about anyone. It was great...
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...
Nov
21
2012
View the original article here published on 10/22/12 in NolaVie
By Renee Peck editor of NolaVie
New Orleanians have been feeling a bit smug since Hurricane Isaac. After all, the Corps of Engineers’ $14.6 billion levee system worked just fine.
Not so fast, says wetlands...
