The finalists will develop plans over the next six months.
Category: Environment
Posted inEnvironment
Committee’s decision preserves levee authority’s lawsuit against oil and gas industry — for now
Selections for the regional levee authority don’t shift the majority supporting coastal loss lawsuit.
Posted inEnvironment
Live blog Thursday: Committee to nominate regional levee board members
Their choices could determine the fate of the levee authority’s lawsuit against the oil and gas industry.
Posted inEnvironment, Events
Lens, ProPublica journalists describe how they reported ‘Losing Ground’ project (video)
Cattle rancher Earl Armstrong and fishing guide Ryan Lambert spoke about witnessing coastal loss firsthand.
Posted inEnvironment, Events
You’re invited: Learn how we created and reported the Losing Ground project
Join us for a panel discussion with the characters in the story and to learn about what’s next for the project.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Vitter panders to ozone polluters and Louisianans pay the price: poor health
The senator campaigns against strengthened EPA regs before they are even released.
Posted inEnvironment, Investigations
Losing Ground: Southeast Louisiana is disappearing, quickly
Scientists say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history is rushing toward a catastrophic conclusion. ProPublica and The Lens explore why it’s happening and what will be lost if nothing is done.
Posted inEnvironment
Live chat replay: Talk to The Lens, ProPublica about ‘Losing Ground’
Discuss how we reported and built an interactive showing 80 years of coastal loss in Louisiana.
Posted inEnvironment, Events
Highlights from our expert panel on how to pay for coastal restoration (video)
Kyle Graham, head of the state’s coastal restoration authority, predicted some kind of settlement, some day, with the oil and gas industry. Tulane’s Mark Davis said local government needs to set the right example in how it builds roads and deals with sinking land.
Posted inEnvironment
Lawsuit fight makes choosing new Flood Authority members a very tricky business
Voters wanted to take the politics out of flood protection. It didn’t happen.