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Category: Environment
Posted inEnvironment, Events
You’re invited: Spend an hour with the chief attorney suing oil and gas industry
Gladstone Jones and reporter Bob Marshall will square off in wide-ranging discussion of historic lawsuit.
Posted inEnvironment
Flood board deciding to protect now or save money for later work
The local flood protection authority is trying to determine whether it should let the Army Corps of Engineers add a protective layer to levees that may have been built too low. If the work happens and then the levees have to be raised, it would waste a lot of money — but the protective layer would add protection right away.
Posted inEnvironment
First of two important court dates coming on wetlands lawsuit against oil and gas
Industry attorneys will try to convince a federal judge that flood-protection board doesn’t have authority to sue.
Posted inEnvironment
State sues Army Corps of Engineers for nearly $1 billion in MR-GO costs
State says Congress never meant for Louisiana to pay a portion of $3 billion environmental restoration.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Not-so-hidden GOP agenda: Help us put EPA on the endangered species list
If strangled environmental protection is what we want, we can have that happen very soon.
Posted inEnvironment
Offiicals ill-prepared to help those outside of levee system, Tulane study finds
U.S. doesn’t have a proud history of moving endangered communities, researchers say.
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics, Opinion
Risk-averse agencies slowed Katrina response, and important measures have yet to be implemented, expert contends
Mandatory evacuation may be an impractical response ahead of a hurricane, especially for frail elderly, contends Col. Terry Ebbert, the man who was in charge of New Orleans disaster response when ‘the big one’ hit.
Posted inEnvironment
Live blog Friday: Survival of coastal loss lawsuit could be determined by committee’s board pick
A nominating committee must meet again Friday because its prior vote didn’t follow state law.
Posted inEnvironment
Committee must meet again Friday to pick board member for levee authority
They didn’t follow the law when picking a supporter of the controversial suit against oil and gas companies.