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Blog Entries by Susan Buchanan from 08/2012

Loggers, Suppliers Threaten Louisiana's Cypress Groves

| Posted 08.01.2012 | Green
Read More: Atchafalya River, Louisiana Swamps, Conservationists Cypress, Cypress Mulch, Louisiana Cypress, Green News

You may have heard that you shouldn't buy Louisiana cypress mulch. Conservationists worry that cypress logging occurs in areas where it's illegal and that Louisiana mulch is disguised and sold as coming from other states.

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Hospital Building Accelerates in New Orleans After Homes Were Moved

| Posted 08.08.2012 | Business
Read More: Small Business, Louisiana Division of Administration, Tulane-Gravier Neighborhood, Historic Preservation, Louisiana State University, Medical Training, Affordable Housing, Dixie Brewery, Pallas Hotel, Demolitions, McDonogh No. 11 School, Charity Hospital, Hurricane Katrina, Construction, Urban Development, U.S. Veterans Health Administration, Rents, Business News

At combined cost to build of more than $2 billion, the two hospitals in the area will be an economic shot in the arm.

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Louisiana Sinkhole Spurs Evacuations, Lawsuits and a Resignation

| Posted 08.22.2012 | Green
Read More: Imaging Equipment, Relief Well, Salt Domes, Assumption Parish, Diesel Fuel, Crosstex Energy, Riceland Drilling, Natural Gas, Occidental Chemical Corp, Green News

After a sinkhole formed in Assumption Parish early this month, hundreds of neighbors fled, lawsuits were filed and Louisiana Dept. of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle resigned.

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Gulf Coast Leaders Want BP to Clean Up Its Mess

| Posted 08.28.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, RESTORE Act, Jefferson Parish President John Young, Containment Boom, Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, Plaquemines Parish Bill Nungesser, Crude Oil, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Clean Water Act, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation, Grand Isle, Tarballs, Bp Spill, Seafood, Green News

Regional leaders at a Gulf Coast Restoration Summit said they're relieved that Congress passed the RESTORE Act in June. But they're unsure when money from RESTORE, which devotes 80 percent of BP's Clean Water Act fines for the 2010 spill to Gulf states, will be available.

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