Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 23, 2012
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Committee debates seafood imports, flood insurance By Jeremy Alford, The Daily Comet. May 22, 2013. “BATON ROUGE (La.) — Without a single vote of opposition Wednesday, the Senate Natural Resources Committee adopted several bills ranging from seafood imports and flood insurance to coastal construction and fisheries oversight…” (Read more) Wetlands Day at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Kenner celebrates Louisiana coast By Rosalyn Eason, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). May 22, 2013. “Wetlands Day at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in …
Habitat Restoration Can Drive Economic Recovery
By Ben Weber, National Wildlife Federation. This article was originally posted on the Vanishing Paradise blog. After years of habitat loss and abuse, the story of the Mississippi River Delta is starting to look a bit different. Following the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a monumental piece of legislation called the RESTORE Act is providing a rare opportunity to address decades of mismanagement and habitat degradation. Among other things, the RESTORE Act created the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, which is …
Analysis: Judge poses questions to better understand BP’s liability in Gulf oil disaster
By Whit Remer, Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund Though Phase I of the BP trial may be complete, both parties have a mountain of follow-up work, analysis, and then preparation to do for Phase II, which starts in September. Phase I of the trial covered the events leading up to the spill while Phase II will look at the explosion and response. When both phases are complete and after weighing all the evidence, Judge Carl Barbier will apportion liability between …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 22, 2013
30 years of time-lapse satellite images show coastal Louisiana wasting away By Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans). May 21, 2013. “The new Google app arrived in my life to the kind of reception reserved for a doctor carrying the results of a biopsy. Did I really want to know…” (Read more) Oyster leaseholders lose suit blaming oil spill berms for damage By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). May 21, 2013. “Oyster growers on both sides of the Mississippi …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 21, 2013
Live chat Tuesday: Talk to Bob Marshall about challenges facing coastal Louisiana By Steve Myers, The Lens (New Orleans). May 20, 2013. “Last week, WWNO-FM started to air a series on the crisis facing the Louisiana coast, reported by The Lens’ Bob Marshall and produced by WWNO’s Fred Kasten. The stories lay out the causes of Louisiana’s coastal loss and what can be done to reverse it…” (Read more) Louisiana wetlands experts search for answers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta By …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 20, 2013
The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — River Diversions By Bob Marshall, WWNO (New Orleans). May 20, 2013. “It’s almost impossible to find anyone in coastal Louisiana opposed to the idea of “coastal restoration.” Storms like Katrina, Gustav and Isaac have shown everyone the value of the marshes and swamps that once stood between them and the Gulf…” (Read more) Louisiana’s Bayou Is Sinking: Can $50 Billion Save It? By Tim Folger, National Geographic. May 17, 2013. “When Terry Serigny was …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 17, 2013
The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — The Master Plan By Bob Marshall, WWNO (New Orleans). May 17, 2013. “If you’ve been listening and reading along this week, by now you know the consensus among coastal experts is that New Orleans and southeast Louisiana are headed for an early grave before the end of the century…” (Read more) BP blasts US judge in fight against compensation claims Russia Today. May 17, 2013. “Oil giant BP has petitioned a US court regarding …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 16, 2013
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 …
Louisiana’s compounding coastal threats
By Alisha A. Renfro, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Worldwide, rising global temperature is a threat to coastal communities in the form of rising sea levels and stronger hurricanes. Last week, the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans hosted a presentation by Virginia Burkett, Ph.D., Chief Scientist for Global Climate and Land Use Change at the United States Geological Survey. In Dr. Burkett’s presentation, “Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Implications for New Orleans,” she discussed the science of …
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 …
VIDEO: 3 Years Later, Make BP Pay
On April 20, 2010, 11 people lost their lives and the biggest environmental disaster in our nation’s history began. Three years later, BP’s oil is still here, and it continues to impact the people, places and wildlife of the Gulf. On April 20, 2013, to mark three years of BP’s ongoing disaster, local groups and citizens gathered to memorialize all that has been lost, call out BP for the ongoing effects of the spill, and take a stand to fight …
Profiles in Resilience: Royal Engineering & Consultants, LLC
By Kaitlin Brown, Environmental Defense Fund “We look at coastal restoration as the future of our company.” — Dwayne Bernal, CEO, Royal Engineering Royal Engineering & Consultants, LLC (Royal), a New Orleans-based engineering and consulting firm, is one of the many innovative businesses committed to rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the 2010 Gulf oil disaster. Led by CEO Dwayne Bernal, Royal is dedicated to serving the public in a way that focuses not only on individual projects, but also on …
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 …