The Pledges Are in, and the Winner Is… The Louisiana Coast!
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In the lead-up to Louisiana’s fall elections, the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition sponsored the Restore the Coast community engagement campaign, to highlight the important role Louisiana’s elected officials play in coastal restoration. This nonpartisan education campaign asked Louisiana voters to sign a pledge urging leaders to: be a voice for coastal restoration, protect existing and secure future coastal restoration funding, and support Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan. The goal of the campaign was to demonstrate the importance of coastal …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Dec. 4, 2015
New details on plan to restore coastal wetlands released By Scottie Hunter, KPLC (Lake Charles, La.). Dec. 3, 2015. “Too much salt water intrusion is one reason for continued damage to local wetlands and Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority released details Thursday of a potential solution called the Calcasieu Salinity Control project…” (read more). Edwards doesn’t have to look far for next Wildlife & Fisheries secretary: Todd Masson Opinion by Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). Dec. 4, 2015. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Dec. 3, 2015
To seek fed support, study projects economic cost of coastal loss By Bob Marshall, The Lens. Dec. 2, 2015 “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 deliver a $133 billion blow to the state, according to a new study by Louisiana State University and the RAND Corporation…” (read more). Phil Bryant to host Dec. 9 meeting of RESTORE Council in …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Dec. 2, 2015
Workers add artificial-reef habitat near Grand Isle By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune. Dec. 1, 2015. “South Louisiana anglers know Grand Isle offers incomparable speckled-trout action, particularly in the spring and summer, when the fish move to the salty coast to spawn…” (read more). Prosecutors ask to drop charges against BP supervisors By the Associated Press. Dec. 2, 2015. “Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against two BP supervisors who worked on the rig where 11 …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Dec. 1, 2015
Anadarko Ordered to Pay $159.5 Million for 2010 Gulf Spill By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg. Nov. 30, 2015. “Anadarko Petroleum Corp. was ordered to pay almost $160 million for its role as part-owner of the doomed Gulf of Mexico well that in 2010 caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history…” (read more). Mayors on a mission to Paris to save Mississippi River Op-ed by Roy D. Buol, The Des Moines Register. Nov. 30, 2015. …
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Tagged EconomicsLatest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 12, 2015
Louisiana can again hold the ducks it used to, guide says By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune. Nov. 11, 2015. “South Louisiana hunters have seen a consistent decline in recent years in the numbers of ducks that overwinter in the region, and Ryan Lambert says it’s due to one reason: The birds don’t have enough to eat. ‘We’ve lost 2,000 square miles of land. Ducks don’t eat land, but we’ve probably lost 10,000 square miles of habitat,’ he said. ‘That’s millions …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 11, 2015
Underground map of La. to help fight coastal loss at sea level By John Snell, FOX 8 (New Orleans). Nov. 10, 2015. “A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ranks parts of South Louisiana among the most rapidly sinking spots on earth. While opinions are sharply divided about the causes, McLindon argues the primary culprits of subsidence in the Delta are underground faults…” (read more). BP oil spill dispersants hindered rather than helped, study says By Beatrice Gitau, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 10, 2015
Louisiana simply must find the money to finish coastal master plan: Editorial By The Editorial Board, The Times-Picayune. Nov. 9, 2015. “South Louisianians know how vulnerable we are because of the erosion of our coast. But a new study emphasizes how quickly we must act to reverse that trend and the urgent need for more money to pay for the restoration work…” (read more). La. coastal plan $71 billion short, report says by Jacob Batte, The Houma Courier. Nov. 7, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 9, 2015
More money needed, but coastal plan on track, official says By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). Nov. 6, 2015. “It’s clear that much more money will be needed to complete Louisiana’s 50-year, $50 billion hurricane protection and coastal restoration master plan. But the state’s senior coastal official said Friday (Nov. 6) that Louisiana already is on its way to implementing a sustainable program to build and maintain the projects…” (read more). Louisiana’s plan for coastal restoration and protection will …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 6, 2015
Louisiana’s 50-year coastal master plan seen as $71 billion short By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Nov. 6, 2015. “Louisiana’s projections for funding its 50-year master plan for coastal restoration and hurricane storm surge protection are at least $71 billion short of the inflation-adjusted $91.7 billion price tag, according to a study released Friday (Nov. 6) by the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy…” (read more). BP engineer involved in 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill expected to change plea …
Join the Nov. 10 #RestoreTheCoast Online Day of Action!
In advance of the general election, on November 10, the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition is hosting a #RestoreTheCoast Online Day of Action to highlight the important role Louisiana’s elected officials play in coastal restoration! Through this nonpartisan, voter education campaign, we are asking Louisianians to sign a pledge committing to vote in the upcoming election and urging state leaders to: be a voice for coastal restoration, protect existing and secure future coastal restoration funding, and support Louisiana’s Coastal …
Coast 2050’s Lasting Impacts on Coastal Restoration
This post is part of a series on early restoration planning in Louisiana. Be sure to check out our previous posts: part one, part two and part three. Since the early 1990’s, the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Preservation, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) has been providing a steady funding stream for Louisiana coastal restoration, averaging about $45 million per year. Yet despite this funding commitment, at the time, there was still a void in actionable, systematic restoration planning for coastal Louisiana. Seeing …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 5, 2015
$15 million from BP settlement goes to Jefferson coastal work By Diana Samuels, The Times-Picayune. Nov. 4, 2015. “Jefferson Parish’s coastal communities will get at least $15 million — and possibly as much as $60 million — for flood protection and coastal restoration. Breaking a months-long stalemate, the Parish Council voted unanimously Wednesday (Nov. 4) to divide about $35 million in BP settlement money it received for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil disaster…” (read more). Levee taxes …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Nov. 4, 2015
Mississippi’s Gold Dust: Can Sediment Save Louisiana’s Disappearing Coastline? By Richard Grant, Al Jazeera America. Nov. 1, 2015. “A hulking old engineering boat moves slowly up the mile-wide Mississippi River. The Dredge Jadwin operates like a gigantic vacuum cleaner, sucking up sediment from the riverbed and spewing it out to the side through a long pipe. “For us, sediment it’s basically a problem,” says Randy Stockton, master of the Jadwin, built in 1933. “It clogs up the shipping channel. It …