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Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.16.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Tulane University, Lake Borgne, Plaquemines Parish, Mrgo, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Gulf Coast Leadership Forum, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lower Ninth Ward, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Dept. Of the Interior, Bonnet Carre Spillway, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Fishermen, Green News
Susan Buchanan

An injection of BP funds and continued spending by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may not be enough to counter decades of erosion along the Gulf, sp...

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Pre-Spill, Coastal Threats Cannot Be Ignored, Environmentalists Say

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.02.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans, Hurricanes, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Borgne, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Clean Water Act, Cypress Trees, Boemre, Gulf Restoration Network, Drought, Marshes, Wetlands, National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Geological Survey, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Mississippi River, Green News
Susan Buchanan

This article was published in the Louisiana Weekly in the May 2, 2011 edition. Before the BP spill, a number of Louisiana towns were underwater, loc...

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Louisiana Takes Precautions for Mississippi River Flooding

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Morganza Spillway, Gulf of Mexico, Oysters, Lake Borgne, Atchafalaya Basin, BP Oil Spill, Lake Pontchartrain, P&j Oyster Co., Bonnet Carre Spillway, National Weather Service, Green News
Susan Buchanan

The oyster industry, deflated by river diversions during the BP spill, is bracing for more complications if the Bonnet Carre Spillway is opened. Too much fresh water kills oysters.

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Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Oil Spills, Gas, Health, Lake Borgne, Bayous, Oil Wells, Lake Pontchartrain, Gulf Coast, Boating Safety, Business News
Susan Buchanan

Louisiana's thousands of orphaned wells, left behind by oil and gas producers, are eyesores that can also cause serious injuries, boating accidents and menacing spills in water.

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