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New Orleans Ninth-Ward Bayou Needs Funds To Bounce Back

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.04.2013 | Green
Read More: Garret Graves, Eco-Tourists, A Studio in the Woods, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Mrgo, Waste Water Treatment, Cypress Trees, Swamps, University of Colorado at Denver, Water Resources Development Act, Lower Ninth Ward, Salinity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Congress, Fish, Wetlands, National Wildlife Federation, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Orleans Parish, Sierra Club, Crawfish, Delta Regional Authority, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the Dec. 3, 2012 issue.) The feds and the state want to see Bayou Bienvenue in the Crescent ...

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Louisiana Parishes Fault Coast Guard For Slow Removal Of BP Oil

Susan Buchanan | Posted 01.05.2013 | Green
Read More: St. Bernard Parish, ES&H, National Response Center, Plaquemines Parish, Jefferson Parish, Grande Isle Port Commission, Elmer's Island, Vessels of Opportunity Program, Transocean, U.S. Senate, Marshes, Beaches, Wetlands, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Exxon Valdez Spill, Capt. Samuel "Duke" Walker, Hurricane Isaac, Barataria Bay, Bp Spill, Shoreline Cleanup Completion Plan, Green News
Susan Buchanan

BP oil and tar that washed ashore or was uncovered in Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. Bernard and other Louisiana parishes during Hurricane Isaac is settling into wetlands and shutting some public beaches.

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Marine Life Suffers Near BP's Deepwater Horizon Site

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.08.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Corexit, Center for Biological Diversity, Redfish, Plaquemines Parish, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Crude Oil, Sharks, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Trout, Seismic Equipment, Exxon Valdez Spill, Endangered Species, Barataria Bay, Riki Ott, Seafood, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Dolphins are washing up dead while fish disappear as oil and dispersants from BP's 2010 spill lurk in Gulf waters and marshes.

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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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Louisiana's Holiday Tree Recycling Outlives State Budget Cut

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Water Management, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Agency, Coastline, Land Reclamation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf Coast, Cypress Trees, Louisiana Dept. Of Agriculture and Forestry, St. Tammany Parish, Budget Cuts, Green News
Susan Buchanan

New Orleans and nearby parishes plan to collect Christmas trees to build brush fences in bayous for marsh rebuilding this January even though the state decided to ax its funding for the program awhile ago.

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Life In Chalmette, The Town That Can't Get A Break

AOL News | Laura Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Katrina Anniversary, The Gulf's Unluckiest Town, St. Bernard Parish, Life After Katrina, New Orleans, Hopedale, Chalmette, Gulf Spill Chalmette, Impact News

CHALMETTE, La. (Aug. 27) -- The sleek Bell helicopter, one of the perks BP is making available to cranky officials whose coastlines it oiled, lifts of...

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Not So Fast BP

Kristen Psaki | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Bp, Louisiana Oil Spill, Plaqumines Parish, Gulf Oil Spill, Big Oil, Billy Nungesser, Craig Taffaro, Green News
Kristen Psaki

I was driving back to New Orleans last night from a soulful interfaith prayer service in recognition of the oil spill at the Houma/Terrabonne Civic Ce...

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Katrina Survivor And Family Close To Finally Having Home Rebuilt

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Katrina Victims, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, St. Bernard Parish, Jennifer Lanier, The St. Bernard Project, 12 Days 12 Cities 12 Families, Hurricane Katrina Survivor Stories, Video, Impact News

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...

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Holiday in St. Bernard

Julie Fefferman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Charity Christmas Gifts, Charity Organizations, St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans, United Way, Habitat for Humanity, Hurricane Katrina, Medicaid, Natural Disasters, Healthy Living News
Julie Fefferman

The St. Bernard Community Center is just a few hundred meters from the main drag of New Orleans. Needy members from the community pace in front, waiting for the center to open.

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