No one lances the Greenie Myth so deftly as Robert Verchick, J.D., Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar of the Loyola University and recent winner of a Fulbright.
Mekell Mikell | Posted 04.30.2012
Before the Clean Water Act, pollution was so bad that water bodies like the Cuyahoga River in Ohio and the Charles River in Massachusetts caught on fire faster than a batch of birthday candles.
Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 04.25.2012
It's amazing what a determined group of people can do, even in the face of the combined forces of coal, railway, and shipping industries. I sure hope they succeed.
AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 04.11.2012
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers unveiled its restoration plan for Chesapeake oysters on Tuesday, a bay-wide look that officials said mo...
AP | BILL DRAPER | Posted 03.19.2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is adding more than $300 million to the massive amount of financial assistance federal age...
AP | By MICHAEL GRACZYK and ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 11.21.2011
BLUFFTON, Texas -- Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest o...
HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.05.2011
Two senior employees at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bilked the government out of $20 million through a "brazen" bribery and kickback scheme, fede...
William S. Becker | Posted 11.08.2011
Whether or not we are ready to conclude that today's extreme weather events are linked to global climate change, it would be utterly irresponsible for us to ignore the possibility.
Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 11.22.2011
On the sixth anniversary of the levee breaches in and around New Orleans, let us hope that Congress will do better to protect Americans whose lives depend on federal levees.
Harry Shearer | Posted 10.28.2011
What most people think they know is that, post-Katrina, "the levees have been fixed." And that could be said to be true. To get Clintonian for a moment, it all depends on what your definition of "fixed" is.
AP | By NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 10.27.2011
By NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paddle beneath an overpass and for a moment the concrete flood-control channel that shackl...
HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.24.2011
When it comes time for a press conference, New Jersey politicians can't get enough of the beach. Sen. Frank Lautenberg went to the Belmar boardwalk...
Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 10.05.2011
A 30-page report prepared by the American Association of University Professionals (AAUP) reveals that LSU had a 'prevailing position' on the cause of the flooding after Katrina and that Dr. van Heerden's research and public stance ran contrary to that position.
Mike Sweeney | Posted 10.04.2011
Of the current Congress, 204 members have participated as a member of or an adult volunteer in the Boy Scouts. So how is it that so many former scouts forget the one thing the Boy Scouts hoped they'd remember?
Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 09.12.2011
"This is a stunning decision for us because the judge has acknowledged that LSU tried to stop my reporting of the Corps' faulty design of the flood protection levees and of the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet)."
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.10.2011
It's easy to forget about Katrina and New Orleans, since it was almost six years ago. But actor/comic/filmmaker Harry Shearer has not forgotten. As a part-time resident of New Orleans he's lived it from the beginning.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 08.23.2011
Rock the Boat is a documentary about a small band of environmental activists who decide to challenge the system and navigate the Los Angeles River,
Harry Shearer | Posted 08.02.2011
The Army Corps' temporary, hydraulic pumps have now been in place since June 1, 2006. That means, as of now, protective structures with a five-year life span are in year six.
Henry Henderson | Posted 08.01.2011
Senators and other elected officials have joined the public outcry for cleaning up the waterway and restoring it to meet acceptable standards for public health and safety. But this is not just an icky sewer problem.
AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 07.30.2011
CUTOFF, Miss. -- Javier Campos returned to his neighborhood for the first time in nearly a month Monday to find the serene little enclave of fishing c...
AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and ALAN SAYRE | Posted 07.17.2011
JACKSON, Miss. — The Coast Guard reopened the swollen Mississippi River north of New Orleans on Tuesday, allowing cargo vessels on the nation's ...
AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 07.12.2011
BUTTE LAROSE, La. — In the latest agonizing decision along the swollen Mississippi River, federal engineers are close to opening a massive spill...
AP | By JANET CAPPIELLO and MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 07.07.2011
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- As Memphis readied for the mighty Mississippi to bring its furor to town, some Kentucky residents upstream returned to thei...
AP | JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER | Posted 07.02.2011
WYATT, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee Monday in a desperate attempt to protect an ...
Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011
Coastal scientist Dr. Ivor van Heerden recently spoke before an international group of stakeholders and scholars at the Tulane School of Public Health...
Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.07.2012