Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 27, 2013
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Louisiana’s green armies might clash By John Maginnis, Opinion, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Nov. 26, 2013. “For two guys who do not play the guitar or football and don’t shoot ducks on TV, John Barry and Russel Honoré are as close to major celebrities as we have in Louisiana, with their fame both established in connection to historic floods…” (read more) Complicated back story of lawsuit dispute By Staphanie Grace, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Nov. 26, 2013. “So …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 26, 2013
Louisiana fishing village washing away (Video) By Robert Ray, Al Jazeera America. Nov. 25, 2013. “Over the past 80 years, Louisiana coastal land the size of Delaware has washed away. Now barrier islands like Isle de Jean Charles, where about 25 families live, are at at an even greater risk of sinking and breaking up. Several parishes have filed lawsuits in state courts demanding dozens of oil, gas and pipeline companies help restore the coast by repairing damage caused by …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 25, 2013
Lost bayou recreated in one of largest floodplain projects By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La). Nov. 24, 2013. “Until recently, Mollicy Bayou was no more than a memory of a waterway on old aerial photos, winding its way through a portion of the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge in Morehouse Parish…” (read more) Congress considers changing snapper management law By Kelly Connelly, The Houma Courier (Houma, La.). Nov. 23, 2013. “An organization that spans the five Gulf states and advocates …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 22, 2013
BP asks 5th circ. to force judge to stop Deepwater claims By Kurt Orzeck, Law 360. Nov. 21, 2013. “BP Exploration & Production Inc. asked the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to force a Louisiana federal judge to stop payments in the oil giant’s estimated $9.2 billion settlement of multidistrict litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater oil spill, arguing that some claims could be fictitious…” (read more) Coastal agency asks attorney general to rescind approval of lawyer who sued oil and …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 21, 2013
Will Morganza to the Gulf survive House-Senate negotiations over new water policy bill? By Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 20, 2013. “Senate and House members negotiating a new water resources (WRDA) legislation expressed optimism Wednesday that they’ll be able to work out differences between bills that passed the two chambers earlier this year…” (read more) Oystermen say harvest at an all-time low (+Video) By Monica Hernandez, WWL TV (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 19, 2013. “What’s a Thanksgiving dinner …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 20, 2013
St. Bernard Council message to state Legislature: no river diversions allowed By Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 19, 2013. “In what it sees as a blunt message to the state Legislature, the St. Bernard Parish Council today plans to pass an ordinance prohibiting construction of the river diversions within its jurisdiction called for in the state’s 2012 Master Plan for the Coast. (Update: The measure passed.)…” (read more) Mississippi officials to discuss flood control options, including dam …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 19, 2013
BP posts gulf environmental data online; plans more for 2014 By Paula Dittrick, Oil & Gas Journal. Nov. 18, 2013. “Information about offshore water conditions in the Gulf of Mexico was posted online, BP PLC reported, saying that BP, federal and state agencies, and the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) collected the information following the deepwater Macondo well blowout in 2010…” (read more) Nonprofits important cog in coastal restoration By By Jeremy Alford & Kelly Connelly, Louisiana Sportsman Magazine. Nov. 15, 2013. “They …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 18, 2013
Former swamp to teach about wetlands restoration By The Associated Press. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. “The governor’s coastal restoration czar, Garret Graves, is among officials coming to New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward to unveil signs at a platform overlooking 440 acres of brackish water dotted with cypress stumps…” (read more) New tool educates on wetlands loss (+Video) By Mike Hoss, WWL TV (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 15, 2013. “The daily loss of its coastline is well documented, but now the …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 15, 2013
Former swamp to teach about wetlands restoration By The Associated Press. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. “The governor’s coastal restoration czar, Garret Graves, is among officials coming to New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward to unveil signs at a platform overlooking 440 acres of brackish water dotted with cypress stumps…” (read more) Gulf states get first $113M from oil spill pleas By Jeff Amy, Associated Press. Nov. 14, 2013. “Environmental advocates applauded the $40.4 million for a diversion from the west bank …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 14, 2013
Virtual information hub to put a cork in future oil spills By Olivia Schultze, The Daily Cougar (Houston, Texas). Nov. 14, 2013. “UH is establishing a virtual research center in collaboration with two other Texas universities in order to prevent another oil spill like BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident…” (read more) The secret environmental cost of US ethanol policy By Associated Press. Nov. 12, 2013. “…The nitrates travel down rivers and into the Gulf of Mexico, where they boost the growth of enormous …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 13, 2013
Jefferson, Plaquemines parishes file wetland damage lawsuits against dozens of oil, gas, pipeline companies By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 12, 2013. “Attorneys representing Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes have filed several lawsuits in state courts demanding that dozens of oil, gas and pipeline companies repair damage caused by dredging and other operations, and remove waste materials that were improperly disposed in wetlands, all in violation of the terms of permits allowing them to operate in each parish’s “coastal zone”…” (read …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 12, 2013
Washington Briefs: Vitter introduces sequestration bill By Jordan Blum, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Nov. 12, 2013. “U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., teamed with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., to introduce the new Return Our State Shares Act to exempt certain programs, including the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, from being impacted by the ongoing sequestration budget cuts…” (read more) Morganza process is still alive By The Daily Comet (Lafouche Parish, La.). Nov. 9, 2013. “The movement of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 8, 2013
State cuts funding to levee authority that sued oil and gas companies By Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 7, 2013. “It isn’t often that an agency has its state funding eliminated, and rarer still when one says it can do its job after that axe falls. But that’s what the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East said after learning Thursday that the Jindal administration had eliminated its entire $500,000 state appropriation — in what some observers believe is …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 7, 2013
Video: A look at Mississippi River diversions with Captain Ryan Lambert By The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Nov. 6, 2013. “This edition of “The Advocate: On The Outside” with Advocate outdoors writer Joe Macaluso and videographer Gary Krouse takes a look at Mississippi River diversions with Captain Ryan Lambert…” (See more) Public-radio documentary examines threat to Louisiana’s coastline from rising seas By Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 6, 2013. “Rising seas and their threat to Louisiana’s coastline …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 6, 2013
BP launches new website defending the company’s response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 5, 2013. “BP has launched a new website to counter critics and provide its own spin on developments involving the April 2010 blowout of its Macondo well, which caused the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drillship, the death of 11 workers and an 87-day oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico…” (read more) Auburn researcher says tar balls are “magnets for …