Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 10, 2015
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Our Views: The shell recycling program pays dividends for all The Advocate. June 9, 2015 “In Louisiana, it’s hard to beat a half-shell for a good cause. That’s why we applaud the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and its dozen partners among New Orleans restaurants who are saving up oyster shells for a unique recycling project.” (Read More) Hurricane season brings fears of massive Deepwater Horizon oiling in Gulf of Mexico By Charles Digges, Bellona. June 9, 2015 “ …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 9, 2015
Project helps grow new marsh By Meredith Burns, Houma Courier. June 8, 2015 “Since the project was completed in late 2010, the contained area has filled in with marsh grass, and acres of material have expanded beyond the contained system where it continues to grow. The new marsh will help buffer south Lafourche’s hurricane-protection levees from Gulf of Mexico tides and waves.” (Read More)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 8, 2015
Coastal work moves forward in Terrebonne, Lafourche *features Simone Maloz, ROR By Meredith Burns, Houma Courier. June 8, 2015 “This year’s plan is pretty good,” said Simone Maloz, executive director of Restore or Retreat, a local coastal advocacy group. “Not only is it ambitious, it’s diverse and it’s highly favorable to our area.” (Read More) Oyster shell recycling project providing building material for oyster reef south of New Orleans *features CRCL By Amy Wold, The Advocate. June 8, 2015 …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 5, 2015
New Orleans faces a terrifying future as sea levels rise By Chris Matthews, Fortune. June 4, 2015 “Flood risk will grow more severe as rising sea levels and sinking coastal land produce a local increase of at least four feet by the end of the century. And then there’s the inevitable increase in major storm surges caused by extreme weather events. We’ve created a guide to the crises ahead and the city’s best hope for survival.” (Read More)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 4, 2015
10 states where hurricane damage will cost the most By Chris Matthews, Fortune. June 4, 2015 “With every hurricane season, millions more homes are put at risk of damage from storm surges. The real estate data firm CoreLogic released a report on Thursday that estimates that this hurricane season, 6.1 million homes will be at risk of such damage, the total value of which is a staggering $1.5 trillion.” (Read More)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 3, 2015
Louisiana coastal authority awards three grants for research on river diversions and soil strength By Amy Wold, The Advocate. June 3, 2015 “The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has awarded $250,000 in grants addressing river diversions and coastal soils. CPRA and The Water Institute of the Gulf announced Tuesday that although they received 19 applications totaling $1.8 million in research grant requests, there was only money enough to fund three of the applications.” (Read More)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 2, 2015
Editorial: Coastal plan moves forward Houma Courier. June 1, 2015 “We still live perilously close to the Gulf, and the Gulf continues to inch its way inland. But the battle against it continues as well. Our coastal plan is proof that Louisiana realizes what it needs to do and is well on its way to doing just that.” (Read More) Survey urges cooperation to save state’s coastal wetlands By Keith Magill, The Daily Comet. June 1, 2015 “We have …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 1, 2015
The Great Katrina Footprint Debate 10 years later: Richard Campanella By Richard Campanella, The Times-Picayune. May 29, 2015 “In New Orleans, mitigation means building above the grade and raising existing homes. It involves strengthening building codes, installing shutters and getting key infrastructure out of the basement. It means improving local drainage, zoning new development out of flood zones and rebuilding natural defenses.” (Read More) Don’t Call It Katrina By Thomas Beller, The New Yorker. May 29, 2015 “The Mississippi, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 29, 2015
La. coastal plan, including local projects, wins approval By Keith Magill, Daily Comet. May 28, 2015 “Louisiana’s 2016 coastal restoration master plan has won final legislative approval. It provides $884 million for projects next year, an increase of approximately $159 million over the year prior.” (Read More) At State of City, Mayor Landrieu Announce Plans for Katrina 10th Anniversary Commemoration – ‘K10-Resilient New Orleans’ Will Be Months Long Commemoration PR Newswire. May 28, 2015 “The months-long commemoration, ‘K10-Resilient New …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 27, 2015
Coastal restoration group details progress made with wetlands *features Kim Reyher, CRCL By Bridget Mire, Daily Comet. May 26, 2015 “One of the approaches we’re really supportive of is the use of sediment diversion,” she said. “The basic idea is to put the (Mississippi) River back to work building land. The river’s been constrained behind levees for so long, and we’re not using the tool that we have.” (Read More) On the Bayou: Front Lines of Climate Change By …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 26, 2015
Decade After Katrina, Pointing Finger More Firmly at Army Corps By Campbell Robertson & John Schwartz, New York Times. May 23, 2015 “This debate centered on how best to prevent flooding from the city’s three major drainage canals, which jut into the city from Lake Pontchartrain. The levees and flood walls along two of these canals failed during the hurricane, letting water pour through neighborhoods and drown scores of people.” (Read More)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 22, 2015
Levee group publishes first report By Meredith Burns, Daily Comet. May 21, 2015 “The Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium published its first report last week to provide information on building levees and related policies.The report includes South Lafourche Levee District’s guide to build affordable levees, a paper from North Lafourche Levee District Executive Director Dwayne Bourgeois about the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, and other information.” (Read More) High incidence of dolphin deaths in Gulf of Mexico conclusively linked to …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 21, 2015
Federal Scientists Link Dolphin Die-offs to BP Spill *features Steve Cochran, EDF, MRD statement By Eileen Fleming, WWNO. May 21, 2015 “Anybody is free to say whatever they want or issue some study and BP did that with their big report saying, ‘Everything was fine. No need to look anymore here.’ Right? But the point of science is to test these things and that’s what peer review is all about. And that’s what we’re looking at here and that’s what …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 20, 2015
Local bills win final legislative approval By Jeremy Harper, Daily Comet. May 19, 2015 “The annual plan is released each year as part of Louisiana’s $50 billion Comprehensive Master Plan for coastal restoration and protection. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority approved the plan earlier this year, but it requires legislative approval as well.” (Read More) Five years after Deepwater Horizon By Kat Diersen, National Geographic. May 20, 2015 “Nevertheless, the environmental impacts of the spill and dispersants used in …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 19, 2015
Where do Louisiana’s four major gubernatorial candidates stand on coastal sediment diversions? By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune. May 18, 2015 “I’m not at all convinced that it’s an either-or proposition, that you either have to protect the marsh as it is right now or do some diversions to make sure you stop the erosion that we have. The Master Plan that’s in place was very well thought-out. It was driven by science.” (Read More) Thousands living outside floodwalls fight for …