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Entries by Susan Buchanan from 03/2012

Focus on Coastal Restoration Not Retreat, Louisiana's Senator Landrieu Says

| Posted 03.18.2012 | Green
Read More: Greater New Orleans Foundation, RESTORE Act, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, The Idea Village, Levees, Netherlands, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Tierra Resources, Clean Water Act, Offshore Drilling, U.S. Senate, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Carbon Credits, The Water Institute of the Gulf, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, St. Charles Parish, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Seafood, Green News

Louisiana needs to get smart quickly about coastal restoration, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu said in her hometown of New Orleans last week.

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BP's Settlement With Plaintiffs Addresses Unpaid Medical Claims

| Posted 03.19.2012 | Green
Read More: BP Oil Gulf, BP Oil, Gulf Coast BP, EPA Oil Gulf, BP Oil Spill, BP Oil Settlement, Oil Spill Health, Gulf Coast Oil, Green News

Gulf residents will have another shot at getting spill-related, medical claims paid following a proposed settlement between BP and plaintiffs, announced in early March.

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New Orleans Tries to Hold on to Its Mail Plant During USPS Cuts

| Posted 03.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: White House, U.S. Senate, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Baton Rouge, National Association of Letter Carriers, November Elections, U.S. Congress, New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport, American Postal Workers Union, Jobs, Hurricane Katrina, Usps, Dallas, Health Benefits, Politics News

Plans to move regional, mail-processing activities from Loyola Avenue in downtown New Orleans to Baton Rouge are not a done deal, according to the U.S. Postal Service and union spokesmen last week.

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