Two-year-old breach in Mississippi River could be formally named ‘Mardi Gras Pass’
A state agency says it’s the first distributary to form in the delta in decades.
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Environment
Plaquemines Parish moves forward to restore pelican nesting site damaged by BP oil spill
Just half of the money is in hand, but if they don’t start spending the money, they’ll lose it.
Live chat: Filmmaker discusses documentary on vanishing Isle de Jean Charles
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee will join us at 12:15 p.m. CT Thursday to discuss the video, which was featured in The New York Times.
No escape if you’re late: Even small surges will flood sections of I-10 east and west
The state would like to raise the interstate or build levees to protect it, but lacks the funds.
Mississippi River levee bike path now unofficially open in Orleans Parish
Final work on the levee is expected to be done in about two weeks.
LSU projections show storm surge swamping Southeast Louisiana by century’s end
The highest rates of sinking afflict communities protected by levees, New Orleans among them.
Unlearning Katrina’s lesson: Bills would again make levee board a governor’s plaything
Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans urges legislators to stand with your constituents and vote against SB 553.
Live chat: Discuss city’s storm protection system with Tulane professor, Corps of Engineers official
Join us at noon Friday to discuss issues raised about the flood protection system.
New Orleans’ flood protection system: Stronger than ever, weaker than it was supposed to be
In the rush to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, Congress told the Corps of Engineers to raise the levees and floodwalls around New Orleans to protect against a 100-year storm. There was one problem: That was weaker than what Congress ordered 50 years ago.
BP revisited: ‘Safer than ever’ may not be safe at all when it comes to offshore rigs
Journalists who buy into Big Oil's talking points would have us believe BP-style spills are a thing of the past.
