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Louisiana's Pointe-au-Chien Tribe Struggles to Preserve Its Way of Life

Susan Buchanan | Posted 06.16.2013 | Green
Read More: Isle De Jean Charles, People's Environmental Center, Oysters, Native Americans, Flooding, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Zinc, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Seafood Testing, Copper, Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Shrimp, Barrier Islands, Wetlands, Pace Analytical Service, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Burial Grounds, Fisheries, Alaska, Hurricanes, Lafourche Parish, Bp, Cadmium, Climate, Carcinogens, Cajuns, Bayous, Gulf Oil Spill, Louisiana State University, Crude Oil, GO FISH, Dillard University, Arsenic, Terrebonne Parish, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan, President Andrew Jackson, Morganza to the Gulf, Eskimos, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the June 17, 2013 edition.) Theresa Dardar, a member of the Pointe-au-Chien tribe in Terrebon...

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Lenten Seafood Demand Has Slipped, Louisiana Vendors Say

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.20.2013 | Green
Read More: Walmart, New Orleans, Red Snapper, Gulf of Mexico, Oysters, Asia, China, Westwego Seafood Market, Ash Wednesday, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, Indonesia, Vietnam, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Shrimp, East Coast, Branding, Hurricane Katrina, Crabs, BP Oil Spill, Mardi Gras, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Crawfish, Overfishing, Restaurant Depot, Mississippi River, Lent, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the Feb. 18, 2013 edition.) Seafood sales rise in the more than forty days from Ash Wednesd...

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Southeast Louisiana Turns to Greener, Grocery Bag Options

Susan Buchanan | Posted 06.08.2012 | Green
Read More: Whole Foods Market, Robert Fresh Market, New Orleans, Breaux Mart, Landfills, Boustead Consulting & Associates, Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Paper, River Birch Inc., California, Recycling, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Fish, Greenhouse Gases, Plastic, Rouses Enterprises, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Northern Pacific Gyre, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Unless they're recycled or sent to landfill, plastic bags slowly degrade outdoors, often reaching the ocean and interfering with life there. So how are local stores and shoppers dealing with grocery bags today?

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The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.21.2011 | Green
Read More: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Topminnows, u.s. Endangered Species Act, Mussels, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana State University, Pearl River, Wildearth Guardians, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Japan, Sturgeon, Bluefin Tuna, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Decades of commercial overfishing, along with oil and gas exploration and refining, hurricanes and last year's BP spill are among the misfortunes facing fish in the Gulf.

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