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Category: Environment
Hilcorp seeks dredging permit a year after dragging drilling barge through shallow water
Members of the Louisiana Oystermen Association said the state should reject it because of the company’s history of problems.
To rebuild the coast, Louisiana must show its river diversions won’t kill native dolphins
They can’t survive if the water isn’t salty enough, and they won’t leave their home in Barataria Bay.
Permit for first sediment diversion will take at least 2.5 years (and that’s fast)
Federal regulators must make sure the diversion won't violate 82 laws and executive orders.
Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana’s tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?
Native Americans are losing their ability to live off the land as it has crumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are trying to figure out how to survive on what's left. A multimedia collaboration between the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Gravy, and The Lens.
State coastal agency says midyear budget cuts could delay restoration projects
The agency says it may not have the required match for joint projects with the federal government.
Interactive map shows flooding risk as Gulf rises and southern Louisiana continues to sink
There’s a public meeting Wednesday to discuss plans to rebuild and protect the coast.
Scientists say Louisiana’s latest projections for coastal flooding are grim, but realistic
The worst-case scenario in the 2012 Master Plan is the best-case in the 2017 one.
Coastal flooding may force thousands of homes in Louisiana to be elevated or bought out
The latest version of the state's coastal restoration plan, released today, offers a much grimmer view of the future than before. Twice as much land could be lost if the state does nothing. Even if everything works as planned, about 27,000 buildings may have to be elevated, flood-proofed or bought out, including about 5,900 in St. Tammany.
Native Americans of Grand Bayou seeking help to remain in homeland
When the state officials drew the cost-benefit limits of expensive coastal restoration on a map of coastal Louisiana, some Native Americans found themselves on the wrong side of a government decision. Again. They'd like justice, but they'll settle for help in maintaining their way of life. Neither is likely.
