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Tag: Coastal Erosion

Jindal’s political future is stickier than his sand berms

A month ago I griped about Gov. Bobby Jindal’s preternatural luck. Louisiana’s “part time governor,” as I called him, had radically scaled down his dubious sand-berm idea without any negative political fallout. All summer Jindal had touted the berms as being key to winning the “war” against oil in the Gulf. Then he retreated, scaling down the plan, and neither the media nor the public turned on him.
by Mark Moseley October 27, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Can Mabus save us?

by Mark Moseley June 25, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Another man-made disaster, another presidential speech

by Mark Moseley June 15, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Q&A with Landrieu staffers

by The Editors June 8, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

…and the rig you rode in on

by Mark Moseley June 8, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Oil companies tax our coast; it’s time we tax them back

by Mark Moseley June 4, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Defend Plaquemines

by Karen Gadbois May 28, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Boats moored by the BP oil spill, a long-threatened community of black fishers fears for its future

by The Editors May 24, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Oil's effects on wetlands could be dire

by The Editors May 10, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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