Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 5, 2014
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Louisiana’s Coastline Is Disappearing Too Quickly for Mappers To Keep Up By Stephanie Garlock, The Atlantic Cities. March 4, 2014. “Twenty-five years ago, miles of marshy land and grasses separated the small fishing outpost of Buras, Louisiana, from the Gulf of Mexico…” (read more) Federal money sought for Leeville restoration work By Xerxes Wilson, The Houma Courier (Houma, La.). March 5, 2014. “A coastal restoration project aimed at an area of south Lafourche outside the levees is seeking federal support…” …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 4, 2014
The Gulf Oil cleanup still isn’t over: 1,250-pound tar mat washes ashore in Florida By Lindsay Abrams, Salon. March 3, 2014. “An important reminder that these things never really go away: four years after the Deepwater Horizon…” (read more) Dolphins exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill had more health problems than others By Jason Goldman, The Washington Post. March 3, 2014. “Researchers studying sea life in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico…” (read more) …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 3, 2014
In New Orleans courts, the legal gusher BP cannot contain By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post. Feb. 28, 2014. “After a blowout at its Macondo exploration well killed 11 workers, set fire to the Deepwater Horizon…” (read more) Tar Mat Produces Half Ton of BP Oil (+video) By Debbie Williams, WKRG (Mobile, Ala.). Feb. 28, 2014. “The turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico wash ashore on part of the Gulf Island National Seashore near Fort Pickens…” (read more) Coast …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 28, 2014
USF study: Diseased fish show dissolved oil from BP spill as far south as Sanibel By Craig Pittman, The Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, Fla.). Feb. 28, 2014. “Dissolved oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill off Louisiana wafted underwater all the way down to Florida’s Sanibel Island…” (read more) Sportsmen Need to Get Involved in Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Battle By Bob Marshall, Field & Stream. Feb. 27, 2014. “If this [cleanup] is left to stand,” they argued in their joint …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 27, 2014
Live chat Thursday: What should be done to rebuild the Louisiana coast? By Steve Myers, The Lens. Feb. 26, 2014. “This week, The Lens published columns with opposing views about how to rebuild the sinking Louisiana coast…” (read more) Panel provides guidance to state in water diversion projects By Amy Wold, Feb. 27, 2014. “An expert panel on diversions gave their first set of recommendations to the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Wednesday…” (read more) 80 percent of oil …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 26, 2014
Get the science right: Diverting river sediment is key to saving the coast Opinion, By David Muth, The Lens. Feb. 26, 2014. “The Mississippi is certainly not our grandfather’s, or even our great-great grandmother’s river…” (read more) Louisiana coastal restoration board approves $725 million 2015 budget for levees and restoration work By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 26, 2014. “Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority on Wednesday approved a $725 million plan for fiscal year 2015 that includes $477 million for construction …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 25. 2014
As more of coastal Louisiana is lost, official map makers erase names (+video) By John Snell, WVUE (New Orleans, La.). Feb. 24, 2014. “As Louisiana barrier islands, marshes and swamps melt away, some of the best-selling fiction…” (read more) Appeals court upholds dismissal of 11 parish suits against BP under Louisiana wildlife law By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 24, 2014. “The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a lower court’s dismissal of lawsuits filed…” (read more) Santa Monica-based …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 24, 2014
Insight: Jindal Budget Team Gets Creative to Make Ends Meet (+audio) By Amy Jeffries and Robert Travis Scott. Feb. 24, 2014. “As reporters and analysts dug deeper into the state budget proposal this week, the plan was scrutinized for its creative financing, including using the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund as a pass-through account…” (listen here) Play about BP disaster to premiere in BR By Robin Miller, The Advocate. Feb. 24, 2014. “Jason Anderson, a tool pusher working on the …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 21, 2014
Recycled Christmas trees dropped in Bayou Sauvage By KATC. Feb. 21, 2014. “More than 12,000 Christmas trees collected in Orleans Parish after the holidays were airlifted into the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge…” (read more) Book recounts oil and gas exploration history, effects on La.’s coast By Amy Wold, The Advocate. Feb. 21, 2014. “The history of the impact of oil and gas production on coastal Louisiana’s ecosystems has been a long and sometimes bumpy one that continues to this …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 20, 2014
BP to Meet With Feds on Parameters of Oil Spill Penalty Trials By Collin Eaton, The Houston Chronicle. Feb. 20, 2014. “A federal judge on Wednesday ordered BP and U.S. attorneys to meet next month to discuss how the “penalty phase” in BP’s oil spill trial will proceed…” (read more) To block large flood insurance premium hikes, political pressure is turning the tide By Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 20, 2014. “After resisting calls to delay or pull back the …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 19, 2014
Vitter discusses push for road, levee projects By Jon Harper, The Daily Comet (Lafourche Parish, La.). Feb. 18, 2014. “U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., laid out his legislative business agenda for local residents Monday…” (read more) $1-million contest for solution to ‘dead zones’ By Bill Capo, WWL TV. Feb. 17, 2014. “Many summers a so called “Dead Zone” appears in the Gulf of Mexico, an area with oxygen levels in the water so low marine life can’t survive. It can …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 18, 2014
Sinking levee shows difficulty of protecting New Orleans from flooding By Bob Marshall, The Lens. Feb. 17, 2014. “What’s more worrisome? A. The Army Corps of Engineers is repairing a newly-built levee that has subsided as much as six inches…” (read more) Capitol Digest: Mardi Gras delays budget hearings, Jindal to speak at 2014 RLC in New Orleans By Lauren McGaughy and Julia O’Donoghue, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 15, 2014. “House will hold later budget hearings – Over the course of the last …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 17, 2014
BP fights US government for release of gulf spill ‘evidence’ By Ed Crooks, The Financial Times. Feb. 15, 2014. “BP is trying to force the US government to release evidence that the company says shows its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has done much less…” (read more) Tulane to announce $1 million prize for ‘dead zones’ solution on Monday By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 14, 2014. “Tulane University President Scott Cowen will announce the creation of a $1 million “Grand Challenge” prize aimed at …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 14, 2014
New Louisiana plan relies heavily on diversions to reduce nutrients causing Gulf ‘dead zone’ By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 13, 2014. “Louisiana plans to use existing and proposed sediment and freshwater diversions as part of a new plan for removing a small share of the fertilizers and other nutrients from the Mississippi…” (read more) BP Deepwater Horizon spill oil causes heart damage that can kill tuna, new study finds By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 13, 2014. “Crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 13, 2014
Louisiana bays and bayous vanish from nautical maps By Rick Jervis, USA Today. Feb. 12, 2014. “Flip Tayamen has seen the wetlands of his childhood disintegrate and vanish. Still, he was stunned to hear that those bays and bayous…” (read more) BP Oil Spill: Dolphins Plagued By Death, Disease Years After Rig Explosion By Huffington Post Canada. Feb. 12, 2014. “Missing teeth. Lung disease. Extreme hormone levels. Four years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, gushing some 4.9 million barrels …