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Paul Kemp to discuss whether area is safer 10 years after Hurricane Katrina (video)

by Anne MuellerAugust 9, 2015November 7, 2019

He’ll speak at our Breakfast with the Newsmakers event at 8 a.m. Aug. 20.

Post-Katrina reforms make levee, floodwall inspections a daily job

by Bob MarshallAugust 6, 2015November 7, 2019

If local levee boards had followed inspection rules before Hurricane Katrina, they may have known about weaknesses before parts of the flood protection system collapsed in the storm. Now 11 employees work full-time inspecting and testing levees, floodwalls and equipment around New Orleans.

Environment

Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New Orleans was correct

by Charles MaldonadoJuly 20, 2015April 20, 2022

For years we’ve heard that 80 percent of New Orleans flooded in Katrina. Is it true? Yes, if you include flooding from the storm surge and the levee breaks.

Environment

The BP settlement is only a downpayment on the massive coastal restoration bill

by Bob MarshallJuly 15, 2015November 7, 2019

The settlement provides assured, quick money, but far less than advocates hoped.

Environment, Opinion

BP settlement: Tens of millions for lawyers, not nearly enough for the coast

by Lt. Gen. Russel HonoreJuly 9, 2015November 7, 2019

Why did BP’s stock rise after the settlement was reached: payments are low and slow — except to lawyers.

Environment

Water and subsidence: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure”

by Bob MarshallJuly 7, 2015November 7, 2019

New Orleans leaders long believed that the city’s safety lay in draining the soggy mud sponge it was built on. But as it drained, it also shrank, pulling most of the city below sea level. Officials now say the best way to control the damage roiling the area is by keeping that sponge full. First, they need a way to monitor what’s happening below.

Environment

Sections of new, best-ever levee system are sinking and are likely to be raised

by Bob Marshall and Thomas ThorenMay 20, 2015November 7, 2019

As expected, levees will be raised to keep the area qualified for federal flood insurance.

Environment

Environmentalists worry that first RESTORE grants focus on just small efforts

by Bob MarshallMay 20, 2015November 7, 2019

These are nervous times for some supporters of the RESTORE Act, the law that will divert 80 percent of the fines BP will pay for polluting the Gulf of Mexico from the federal purse to projects intended to restore the Gulf ecosystem and economy. They want to ensure that big money will pay for big projects.