Latest Mississippi River Delta News: January 3, 2013
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Louisiana cemeteries sinking, washing away Associated Press. January 3, 2013. “LEEVILLE, La. (AP) — As a young adult, Kathleen Cheramie visited her grandmother’s grave in a tree-lined cemetery where white concrete crosses dotted a plot of lush green grass just off Louisiana Highway 1…” (Read more)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: January 2, 2013
Can the Corps of Engineers be forced to deliver more sediment to Louisiana by an unused provision in an existing federal law? By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. December 20, 2012. “Louisiana may have found the muscle it’s been looking for to force the Army Corps of Engineers to make better use of the Mississippi River to deliver scarce sediment to the state’s coastline for rebuilding wetlands, a Tulane law professor said Thursday…” (Read more) What’s Damaging Marshes on U.S. Coast …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 20, 2012
New $1.1 billion hurricane levee proposed for New Orleans East Land Bridge By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). December 19, 2012. “A $1.1 billion, 17-mile levee along the New Orleans East Land Bridge, stretching into St. Tammany Parish, to reduce hurricane storm surge flooding of communities along Lake Pontchartrain will be unveiled Thursday during a Thursday meeting of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East…” (Read more)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 19, 2012
Mayor Landrieu, Army Corps of Engineers briefed New York City officials on hurricane surge barriers By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). December 19, 2012. “Ten days before Mayor Mitch Landrieu traveled to New York City to view Superstorm Sandy’s devastation and deliver food to victims from some of New Orleans’ top chefs, a delegation of New York City officials led by Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert Steel got a tour of New Orleans’ post-Katrina hurricane levee system, led …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 18, 2012
A River in Retreat: In Two Weeks, the Mississippi Could Shut Down By Suzanne Goldberg, The Atlantic. December 17, 2012. “ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi as seen from Ed Drager’s tug boat is a river in retreat: a giant beached barge is stranded where the water dropped, with sand bars springing into view…” (Read more) Underwater dam in Mississippi River still protecting New Orleans, Jefferson water supplies from saltwater as drought continues By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). December …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 17, 2012
Louisiana looms large in oil spill case By Emily Pickrell, FuelFix. December 17, 2012. “BP has negotiated settlements with thousands of individuals harmed in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and cut a plea bargain on federal criminal charges…” (Read more) BP fines from RESTORE Act may still be distributed locally By Steve Alexander. Fox10 TV. December 16, 2012. “MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – There may be some encouraging news about whether the federal government will shift money from fines …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 13, 2012
Long, uncertain path ahead for Gulf restoration after oil spill By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers. December11, 2012. “WASHINGTON — In the coming years, unprecedented billions will be spent on restoration in the Gulf of Mexico, a vital American ecosystem damaged by the most catastrophic oil spill in U.S. history…” (Read more) Removal of dam on Bayou St. John will restore flow of water from Lake PontchartrainRemoval of dam on Bayou St. John will restore flow of water from Lake Pontchartrain …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 12, 2012
Gulf Coast recovery council holds initial meeting in Mobile By George Talbot, The Press-Register. December 11, 2012. “MOBILE, Ala. – The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, a multi-state panel charged with helping the Gulf region recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, held its initial public meeting before an audience of about 500 today in Mobile…” (Read more) Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Meets In Mobile Local 15 TV. December 11, 2012. “(MOBILE, Ala.) Monday Mobile hosted the first meeting …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 11, 2012
Lafourche voters reject new levee tax The Associated Press. December 10, 2012. “THIBODAUX, La. (AP) – Lafourche Parish votes have rejected levying a new 1-cent sales tax north of the Intracoastal Waterway for flood protection…” (Read more) The Mississippi River Ebbs, and Farmers Stock Up By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg News. December 6, 2012. “The trucks begin lining up early in the morning at the Growmark Bussen Terminal south of downtown St. Louis, their driver-side doors bearing the names of farm …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 10, 2012
Restoration Council begins oil spill recovery effort with meeting in Mobile (Guest Column) By Bethany Kraft, Ocean Conservancy, for The Press Register (Mobile, Ala.). December 7, 2012. “Citizens across the Gulf region have an unprecedented opportunity through the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council to not only restore what was lost in the BP oil disaster, but to leave a legacy of healthy communities, strong economies, and productive coastal and marine environments…” (Read more) BP spill’s socioeconomic damage needs attention, too: …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 6, 2012
Support for Lower Ninth Ward swamp grows By Susan Buchanan, The Louisiana Weekly. December 3, 2012. “The city, state and feds all want to see Bayou Bienvenue in the Lower Ninth Ward restored to the cypress-tupelo swamp it was before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the MRGO channel in 1968. So far, the bayou’s comeback has been spearheaded by community groups and universities, and it needs more money…” (Read more) National Hurricane Center quiet after busy season, but …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 5, 2012
Thriving on a Sinking Landscape NOAA ClimateWatch Magazine. November 29, 2012. “If you locate South Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on a map or a satellite image, you’ll see two distinct ribbons that weave their way toward the Gulf of Mexico…” (Read more) Scientists still learning from Deepwater Horizon disaster By Craig Pittman, The Tampa (Fla.) Bay Times. December 4, 2012. “The Deepwater Horizon disaster happened in one of the worst places in the world for an oil spill — 5,000 feet …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 4, 2012
RESTORE Act’s Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council to hold first meeting Dec. 11 in Mobile, Ala. By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). November 30, 2012. “The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, which will oversee the spending of about 80 percent of BP Clean Water Act fine money under the terms of the federal RESTORE Act, will hold its first public meeting in Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 11…” (Read more) Future oil permits should require flow-rate gauge-BP spill study By …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 30, 2012
Louisiana lining up major restoration projects to build with BP oil spill fine money By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). November 29, 2012. “Louisiana officials are scrambling to prepare plans for dozens of coastal restoration projects in anticipation of the arrival of billions of dollars in BP oil spill fine money, the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority was told Wednesday…” (Read more) Contract Ban, Civil Litigation Add To BP’s Woes By Debbie Elliot, NPR Morning Edition. November 29, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 29, 2012
The spill: How much should BP suffer? By Michael Pearson, CNN. November 28, 2012. “(CNN) — Remember when oil giant BP paid billions of dollars to clean up its own mess from the 2010 Gulf oil spill? Then the company agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay an unprecedented $4 billion fine for the spill…” (Read more) EPA suspends BP from new federal contracts in wake of oil spill By Steve Mufson, The Washington Post. November 28, 2012. …