iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Entries by Susan Buchanan from 02/2012

Views Collide At Meeting On Louisiana's Coastal Plan

| Posted 02.01.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Bp, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Morgan City, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Jefferson Parish, Levees, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Clean Water Act, Gulf Restoration Network, U.S. Army Corps, Dredging, Wetlands, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries, Sierra Club, Mississippi River, Seafood, Green News

A New Orleans open house held by Louisiana's coastal restoration authority last week on a draft of the state's 2012 Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast drew mixed, earnest and sometimes vehement comments.

Read Whole Story

New Orleans City Park Won't Lose Green Space As It Develops

| Posted 02.07.2012 | Green
Read More: Federal Emergency Management, Dog Parks, Parking Lots, Miniature Golf, Central Park, Tulane University, Works Progress Administration, Golf Courses, Festivals, Urban Forest, Splash Parks, Native Species, Oak Trees, Skate Parks, Bike Paths, Bird Habitat, Hurricane Katrina, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans Museum of Art, Green News

City Park in New Orleans has mostly recovered from Katrina's wrath in 2005, and is building attractions to generate greens fees, entry tickets, concession sales, catering and equipment rentals to cover its operating expenses.

Read Whole Story

Gulf Coast Wants The RESTORE Act Passed Before A Potential BP Settlement

| Posted 02.17.2012 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Oil Rigs, New Orleans, U.S. Justice Dept., Bp, U.S. District Court, Exxon-Valdez Spill, Bill Nungesser, Senator Mary Landrieu, Tulane University, Plaquemines Parish, Clean Water Act, Congressman Steve Scalise, Morgan Stanley, Congressional Budget Office, Oil Pollution Act, Wildlife, Seafood, Green News

Congressional delegates from Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states hope the bipartisan RESTORE Act will be passed soon and before a possible BP settlement with the feds so that BP fines go to coastal states and not Washington's coffers.

Read Whole Story