The BP settlement is only a downpayment on the massive coastal restoration bill
The settlement provides assured, quick money, but far less than advocates hoped.
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Environment
BP settlement: Tens of millions for lawyers, not nearly enough for the coast
Why did BP's stock rise after the settlement was reached: payments are low and slow — except to lawyers.
Water and subsidence: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure”
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.
Sections of new, best-ever levee system are sinking and are likely to be raised
As expected, levees will be raised to keep the area qualified for federal flood insurance.
Environmentalists worry that first RESTORE grants focus on just small efforts
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.
Kill House Bill 779! End of solar leasing credit would darken prospect of wider access to cheap power
Lt. Gen. Honore urges citizens to contact state senators in fight over solar legislation.
If you like your flood-insurance rates, you should love it when your street floods
The rain-storage capacity of our roadways adds enough to keep FEMA certification.
Macondo and your money: Shareholders seen as key force in curbing carbon pollution
Pension funds are waking up to the financial risks of ignoring the climate risks posed by Big Oil.
St. Bernard residents could see flooding, higher insurance after tax rejection
Head of regional flood authority says Lake Borgne levee district now unable to fix major problems.
Early results from study of river sediment show enough to make diversions work
Further research necessary, scientists say; state still hasn't made final decision on building diversions.
