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Pilgrim's Progress: 10 Reasons to be Thankful for New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Hbo, New Orleans, Brad Pitt, Kermit Ruffins, Sandra Bullock, Rebirth, Thanksgiving, Harry Shearer, Matt Damon, Dr. John, Levees, Nonprofits, Charity, Harry Connick Jr., R.E.M., Branford Marsalis, Nomrf, Sustainability, Bobby Jindal, Neil Abramson, Joseph Cao, The Princess & the Frog, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

I was taken aback when a CNN commentator conjectured that New Orleans residents are now looking for their "Pound of flesh." Our diaspora is not Shakespeare's Shylock character.

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Judge: Hurricane Katrina Flooding Was Caused By Army Corps Of Engineers' Negligence

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Negligence, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, Bobby Jindal, Hurricane Katrina, Kathleen Blanco, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Levees, Nagin, Cause of Katrina, Hurricane, Katrina Flooding, Katrina Memorial, Louisiana, Ray Nagin, Army Corps of Engineers, Road Home, What Caused Hurrican Katrina Flooding, 9th Ward, Katrina Recovery, Justice, National Government, Katrina Court Case, Mr-Go, Mrgo, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive...

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Waste in Your Levee? Don't Blame the Corps

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Levees, US Army Corps of Engineers, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Crazy how accountability works at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Other than construction waste in the levees, how many other such mistakes have gone undiscovered?

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US Army Corps can't stop floods in New Orleans

Paul Brown | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Floods, Levees, Louisiana, Army Corps of Engineers, Green News
Paul Brown

Lt. General Robert Van Antwerp, Chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers would not answer my question "Should New Orleans be abandoned?" But the Gene...

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Economic Hit Men and the Next Drowning of New Orleans

Greg Palast | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, New Orleans, Greg Palast, Environment, Oil, America's Wetland, Pipelines, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Chevron, Lousiana State University, Ivor Van Heerden, Katrina Anniversary, Shell, Politics News
Greg Palast

Ivor van Heerden is the professor who warned the levees of New Orleans were ready to blow -- months and years before Katrina did the job. For being right, he was rewarded with ... getting fired.

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Destroying Levees In Louisiana...On Purpose

NYT | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Hurricane, New Orleans, Louisiana, Swamp Land, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Green News

In what experts are calling the biggest levee-busting operation ever in North America, the brothers plan to return the muddy river to its ancient floo...

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"I'll Consider It Criminal"

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.13.2009 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Levee Repairs, Stimulus Package, Katrina, Hurricanes, Levees, Lake Ponchartrain, Home News
Harry Shearer

Here comes confirmation that a money shortage may be inclining the Army Corps of Engineers toward building a technologically inferior solution to New Orleans' Category 3 hurricane protection.

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California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

Doug Obegi | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Rain, Low-Flow Showerheads, Drought, Water Demands, Natural Resources Defense Council, California, Fish and Wildlife Service, Precipitation, Orange County, Snow, Water, Nrdc, Toilets, Levees, Environment, Green News
Doug Obegi

California is at a crossroads; it can either follow its old course toward drought and an insufficient drinking water supply, or it can commit to a new, smart-water solution for the 21st century.

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HTV Houma Louisiana: Terrebonne Parish Begins to Flood

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Flooding, Levees, Louisiana, Houma, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

"The tide is higher then it was for Hurricane Rita and when the wind blows from the south more water will follow. One hundred thousand people in Terrebonne Parish could flood. It looks like Niagra Falls. Please leave."

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Gustav Raises The Question (Again): Is New Orleans Worth It?

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Extreme Weather, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans Damage, Rebuilding New Orleans, Levees, Green News

WASHINGTON — Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the billions of dollars spent to protect the city and bring it back t...

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A Plea for the Presumptives

Isabel Cowles | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, New Orleans, Green, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, When the Levees Broke, Green News
Isabel Cowles

Dear Mssrs. McCain and Obama-- I know you have a lot of pressing issues to deal with on this long slog to the White House. Your path is rife wit...

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Floods: Update, New Orleans Examining Levee Seepage

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Floods, Katrina, New Orleans, Levees, 17th Street Canal, Vice President Dick Cheney, Army Corps of Engineers, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Corps engineers in New Orleans maintain that the seepage is not cause for alarm.

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The Floods: Army Corps Says PR Firms Transform "Babblers" into "Spokespersons"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, USACE; Army Corpss of Engineering, Public Relations, Iowa, Katrina, Floods, Media Spin, Levees, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

The Army Corps has known for some time that the levee systems needed restructuring. It appears that rather than improving them, they chose to hire PR firms to help with crisis communications.

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Investigate the Levees

John McQuaid | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, John Barry, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Midwest Flooding, Politics News
John McQuaid

At issue is not merely how some bad designs crept into floodwalls, but why the whole system failed, and what we can learn to prevent it from happening again -- in New Orleans and elsewhere.

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Fear of a $25 Corndog: If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Corn Dog, Levees, Army Corps of Engineers, Midwest Flooding, Farm, Barack Obama, Green News, Green, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

As the rivers converge and and the crest moves south, national efforts to shore up our levees ought to look like someone is building the pyramids. The...

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The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, USA Today, John Edwards, Black Belt, Hurricane Katrina, Watergate, New Orleans Leak, When the Levees Broke, Levees, George Stephanopoulos, ABC Debate, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bittergate, Harry Shearer, Bitter, MoveOn.Org, Home News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

The scandal this time is that there's no scandal. The leak John McCain should be addressing in New Orleans is the one at the 17th Street Canal Floodwall, the same one that was leaking before Katrina.

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