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.
Journalists who buy into Big Oil's talking points would have us believe BP-style spills are a thing of the past.
The risks associated with a rising sea level will only increase if greenhouse gas emissions are not brought under control, scientists assert.
Human safety will remain a paramount concern, and the gate will be shut when weather poses a flood risk.
Ongoing cost/benefit research weighs more than a diversion's land-building capacity, including impacts on fisheries and flood protection.
The bill is one of several filed in response to the levee board's lawsuit against oil and gas companies.
The high productivity of Gulf estuaries means scavengers are abundant and quickly dispose of carcasses.
Brown pelicans were thriving on islands in Barataria Bay when BP’s oil well blew out in 2010. The oil that coated mangroves delivered the death blow to islands that already were eroding. A restoration plan is short on funding.
Parish-level lawsuits differ from flood-authority challenge in ways that may help parishes.
Gas and oil interests have been good to Robert Adley, and as a senator, Adley has been unfailingly good to them. He insists the Flood Protection Authority lawsuit seeking damages for coastal destruction is illegal. The bills he's moving would make sure of that.
