Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 16, 2013
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The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — How We Got This Way: Canal Dredging By Bob Marshall, WWNO (New Orleans). May 15, 2013. “These days when fishing guide Ryan Lambert motors away from the boat launch in Buras, he’s fishing in the what locals call “the land of used-to-bes…” (Read more) The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — How We Got This Way: Rising Seas, Sinking Land By Bob Marshall, WWNO. May 16, 2013. “The clang of tide gauges throughout parts of …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 14, 2013
The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — How We Got This Way, Part 1 By Bob Marshall, WWNO (New Orleans). May 14, 2013. “Anyone flying into New Orleans on a clear day now looks down on a panorama of delicate marsh floating like green lace on the brown waters of the Mississippi delta. Those wetlands seem endless — stretching to the horizons…” (Read more) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation fund is launched to restore Louisiana, Gulf Coast natural resources By Mark …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 13, 2013
The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — The Shape We’re In Now By Bob Marshall, WWNO (New Orleans). May 13, 2013. “If you enter New Orleans in a Google search you’ll get words and images that echo the city’s unofficial motto: laissez les bon temps rouler, let the good times roll…” (Read more) Boxer seeks Sacramento levee funding in water bill By Curtis Tate, McClatchy. May 12, 2013. “WASHINGTON – In contrast to contentious debates over issues such as guns, immigration …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: May 10, 2013
Cochran offers Louisiana levee amendments By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald. May 9, 2013. “GULFPORT — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., has introduced amendments designed to make sure a Louisiana levee plan wouldn’t send water to Mississippi, placing the state at higher risk for flooding during hurricanes and other storms…” (read more) Water bill could see smooth sailing in Senate, despite critics By Curtis Tate, McClatchy. May 9, 2013. “WASHINGTON — Amid sharply partisan exchanges over guns, immigration and the …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: May 9, 2013
Historic study to find out what the Mississippi River really carries to help coastal restoration By Bob Marshall, The Lens. May 8, 2013. “If there’s one underlying assumption that’s been used to justify the $50 billion cost of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan, it’s this: We actually have a chance to prevent southeast Louisiana from drowning in the Gulf because the Mississippi River carries the mud and sand necessary to keep pace with sea-level rise. “Turns out that assumption was a …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 8, 2013
In the Gulf, a long history of oil spills and cover-ups By Brentin Mock, Grist. May 7, 2013. “When BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in 2010, it hemorrhaged roughly 210 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico…” (Read more) BP oil spill settlement payouts surpass $2 billion mark, administrator says By Richard Thompson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). May 7, 2013. “The Deepwater Horizon Claims Center, which is overseeing the multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and private claimaints, has …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 7, 2013
BP To Pay Texas $18 Million From Deepwater Horizon Disaster By Eileen Pace, Texas Public Radio. May 6, 2013. “Texas is included in five of 28 restoration projects across the Gulf of Mexico under a conditional agreement between BP and Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees…” (Read more) Proposed La. levee concerns Miss. officials By Delbert Hosemann, The Associated Press. May 5, 2013. “GULFPORT — Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says he’s worried that a proposed levee in Louisiana could …
Using the Mississippi River to rebuild Louisiana's coast: David Muth
This story was originally published on NOLA.com and in The Times-Picayune. By David Muth, Contributing Op-Ed Columnist, The Times-Picayune May 05, 2013 Coastal experts have been telling us since Katrina that our marshes are getting perilously close to a tipping point. If we don’t act very quickly, we may be too late. We lacked a plan, and we lacked money. Now we have both. As sources of funding from the BP oil disaster become available, the likelihood that big river sediment diversions …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 6, 2013
Using the Mississippi River to rebuild Louisiana’s coast: David Muth By David Muth, National Wildlife Federation, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). May 5, 2013. “Coastal experts have been telling us since Katrina that our marshes are getting perilously close to a tipping point. If we don’t act very quickly, we may be too late. We lacked a plan, and we lacked money. Now we have both…” (Read more) Washington Watch: Oil disaster recovery a matter of opinion By Jordan Blum, The …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 3, 2013
Gulf oil a heartbreaker for bellwether fish By Matt Smith, CNN. May 2, 2013. “(CNN) — Lingering oil residue at the bottom of Gulf Coast marshes caused heart defects and hindered reproduction in a small fish seen as an environmental bellwether, researchers said Thursday…” (Read more) Gov. Bryant makes major announcement WTVA-TV. May 3, 2013. “JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — Gov. Phil Bryant announced $69 million in early restoration projects for the Mississippi Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…” …
Louisiana House Bill 118: A commitment to coastal restoration
By Cynthia Duet, National Audubon Society With the first phase of the civil trial for the BP oil disaster in the books, we are one step nearer to seeing Clean Water Act penalties assessed for the largest oil spill in our nation’s history. While the ultimate amount of the fines remains uncertain, their destination does not: Thanks to last year’s historic RESTORE Act, 80 percent of Clean Water Act penalties from the disaster will go to Gulf Coast states. Louisiana, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 2, 2013
Mud Wrestling: Skeptics question plans for rebuilding coastal Louisiana By John Snell, Fox 8 Live. May 1, 2013. “Breton Sound, La. — George Ricks yanks a clump of Spartina grass from a dying marsh in St. Bernard Parish…” (Read more) Coastal restoration bill easily passes Louisiana House By Lauren McGaughey, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). May 1, 2013. “Any money Louisiana receives from Deepwater-Horizon-BP oil spill cleanwater fines would be used solely for coastal protection and restoration programs under a bill …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 1, 2013
Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan will destroy fishing, harm coast, opponents say at Monday meeting By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). April 30, 2013. “About 300 fishing guides, commercial fishers and marina owners packed the St. Bernard Council Chambers Monday night to show solidarity and discuss a strategy to combat the state’s Coastal Master Plan…” (Read more) BP’s $340 million will restore 4 barrier islands, build 2 fisheries labs By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. April 30, 2013. “Louisiana will receive …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 30, 2013
Washed away By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). April 29, 2013. “Yellow Cotton Bay, officially, no longer exists…” (Read more) New output, trading lift BP profits above forecast By Andrew Callus, Reuters. April 30, 2013. “(Reuters) – BP Plc profits beat analyst expectations by almost $1 billion (644 million pounds) in the first quarter, helped by two new oilfields and a strong performance from its trading division…” (Read more) BP faces wave of 2,200 lawsuits over Deepwater Horizon …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 29, 2013
Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill By Matt Smith, CNN. April 27, 2013. “Yscloskey, Louisiana (CNN) — On his dock along the banks of Bayou Yscloskey, Darren Stander makes the pelicans dance…” (Read more) Nature Conservancy wants RESTORE Act money for environment in South Mississippi By Christina Steube, The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.). April 27, 2013. “The Nature Conservancy wants to make sure ecological restoration is on the same level of economical restoration, representatives told the Sun …