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Louisianas Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Louisiana Coastal Director Says BP Must Pay To The Max

Susan Buchanan | Posted 09.21.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Garret Graves, RESTORE Act, Dolphins, Senator Mary Landrieu, Levees, Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Mrgo, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Wildlife Federation, Hurricane Katrina, Exxon Valdez Spill, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Seafood, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Garret Graves, chairman of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, said last week "we will not allow BP to walk out of here, wiping its hands" of the company's responsibilities.

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Views Collide At Meeting On Louisiana's Coastal Plan

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.02.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Bp, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Morgan City, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Jefferson Parish, Levees, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Clean Water Act, Gulf Restoration Network, U.S. Army Corps, Dredging, Wetlands, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries, Sierra Club, Mississippi River, Seafood, Green News
Susan Buchanan

A New Orleans open house held by Louisiana's coastal restoration authority last week on a draft of the state's 2012 Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast drew mixed, earnest and sometimes vehement comments.

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Houma Tribe Wants Storm Protection For Its Coastal Towns

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.27.2011 | Green
Read More: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Congress, Gulf of Mexico, Wetlands, Flooding, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Bp Spill, Green News
Susan Buchanan

The United Houma Nation, with its family tree firmly planted in Louisiana's coastal parishes for the last 300 years, doesn't want to see its centers drown as the wetlands shrink.

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