Environment

The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — Coastal Restoration Crucial For Business

Bob Marshall — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:57 +0000

Restoring the Gulf Coast is also a critical business issue, as R. King Milling, chairman of the governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection and Restoration and the former president of Whitney Bank explains.

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Video: Bob Marshall Interviews Experts About Coastal Loss

WWNO Staff — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:42:08 +0000

On May 22 at Loyola University, The Lens’ Bob Marshall moderated a discussion among experts about the condition of the Louisiana coast and what can be done to restore it.

Appearing on the panel:

BP Ends Oil Spill Cleanup In Gulf, Except For Louisiana

Bill Chappell — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:50:00 +0000

BP is ending its cleanup of the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in three Gulf Coast states this month, leaving Louisiana as the only state with ongoing cleanup linked to the company's Deepwater Horizon Response effort. Reports of oil sightings in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida will soon be the U.S.

The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — Getting Involved

Bob Marshall — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:33:51 +0000

After interviewing nearly 20 people involved in the coastal restoration process and program — from scientists and engineers, to public officials leading agencies — one of the surprising findings was the consensus among them that people living inside these levees — who live in the most threatened spot in North America due to sea level rise, subsidence and coastal land loss — don’t seem to be fully engaged or aware of just how precarious their situation is.

So, is this common?

The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — Measuring The River

Bob Marshall — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:26:00 +0000

If there is one underlying justification for Louisiana’s $50 billion Master Plan for coastal restoration, it’s this: We actually have a chance to prevent Southeast Louisiana from drowning in the Gulf, because the Mississippi River carries the sediment necessary to keep pace with sea level rise.

Baton Rouge's Corroded, Overpolluting Neighbor: Exxon Mobil

Elizabeth Shogren — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:33:00 +0000

If you stand in front of Almena and Sidney Poray's house in Baton Rouge, La., and look straight down the street, past the other houses and the shade trees, you see more than a dozen plumes of exhaust in various hues of gray and white.

"That's something you see every day, the same thing if not more," says Almena Poray.

The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — Budgeting The River

Bob Marshall — Mon, 27 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000

Let’s imagine it is the Spring of 2025, and Louisiana is preparing to open three diversions on the lower Mississippi so fresh water and sediment can reach wetlands struggling to stay ahead of sea level rise.

The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — Part One

Jason Saul — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:46 +0000

We've collected the first five episodes of our ongoing environmental series The Louisiana Coast: Last Call into one podcast.

You can play the stories on this page, right click on the player and select "Save As" to download it, or find all of our last call podcasts here:

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Louisiana Wetlands Experts Exchanging Ideas At Vietnam Conference

Eileen Fleming — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Members of the America’s Wetland Foundation are in Vietnam this week to collaborate on river management. Dutch experts are also participating.

The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — River Diversions

BOB MARSHALL — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000

It’s almost impossible to find anyone in coastal Louisiana opposed to the idea of “coastal restoration.” Storms like Katrina, Gustav and Isaac have shown everyone the value of the marshes and swamps that once stood between them and the Gulf.

But when “restore” means turning things back to the way they once were, problems can arise.

The best-known example of that is the conflict over using river diversions.