Leadership needs to understand that BP fines may be the coast’s last best chance.
Tag: Coastal restoration
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Honore delivers startlingly radical call to action against forces destroying coast
The need to resist Big Oil and the Jindal administration’s shameless pandering to it has begun to forge a broad-spectrum political alliance.
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After being replaced on levee board, lawsuit proponent announces new effort
John Barry says he’ll form a new nonprofit to support a blockbuster lawsuit against the oil and gas industry.
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More oil from BP spill found on Louisiana coastline in mid-2013 than year before
“There’s still a ton of oil out there” and it’s hard to find, said an attorney for Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Project to restore Bayou St. John shows new approach to water management in New Orleans
Dredging at the mouth of Bayou St. John is nearly complete, with the sediment being used to anchor wetlands that will foster wildlife. The dam that was compared to a coronary blockage has been removed, allowing water to pass more freely. Proponents say the project shows how the city can live with the water around us, rather than fight it.
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Clock running out on flood authority’s days as a panel immune from political meddling
An independent levee board, a post-Katrina reform believed crucial to the city’s future, has fallen prey to Gov. Jindal’s opposition to a lawsuit against Big Oil.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Royalty-screwed: Big Oil likes to confuse severance taxes with cleanup costs
Using improved offshore royalties for coastal restoration would still mean taxpayers were paying for the industry’s malfeasance.
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New research: Ancient bayous pull water from the Mississippi, creating ‘missing river’
The diverted fresh water amounts to a river bigger than New York’s Hudson. When the river is high, it could undermine levees along the Mississippi, but its impact on Barataria Bay’s lucrative fisheries — a flashpoint in the fight over the state’s Master Plan for coastal restoration — remains unclear.
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Why Jindal is so reluctant to make Big Oil pay for ravaging Louisiana’s coast
The Jindal team’s attack on the Flood Authority lawsuit is complex and hard to follow — a sure sign that they’ve been thrown on the defensive.
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Amount of BP fines to fund Louisiana’s coastal restoration still a promise, not a certainty
Last week, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council approved a plan to spend fines levied on BP for the 2010 spill. So far, however, there’s little money in the fund. And even if BP ends up paying close to its maximum penalty of $17.1 billion, it’s unclear how much will go to Louisiana.