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BTNEP rebuilding Louisiana
September 25, 2013
One million down, 11 million more to go.
EPA says U.S. falling short in shrinking annual Gulf “Dead Zone”
September 25, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. is falling short of its goals to cut Mississippi River pollution and shrink the "Dead Zone" it creates in the Gulf of Mexico.
Study: BP spill damaged sea-floor life for miles
September 25, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The vast 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill damaged the tiny animals that live on the sea floor for about 57 square miles around the blown-out BP oil well, with severe damage in about nine square…
3 years later, BP garners criticism and praise
September 25, 2013
A little more than three years ago, the name of an oil industry giant praised for its good corporate citizenship in the Bayou Country became a dirty word.
Buddy Caldwell says he did not authorize lawsuit
September 25, 2013
During the last several weeks, numerous news articles have been published concerning the filing by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, (SLFPA-E), about a suit against multiple oil companies, some stating that I authorized it. One individual even stated that…
Louisiana treasurer suggests state-run flood insurance
September 25, 2013
Treasurer John Kennedy is suggesting Louisiana should consider getting in the business of offering flood insurance to its residents, to ease concerns of skyrocketing federal flood insurance rates.
Bobby Jindal weighs in on imminent flood insurance rate hikes
September 25, 2013
As the fight wages in Washington over imminent federal flood insurance rate hikes, Gov. Bobby Jindal has thrown his support behind efforts by Louisiana's congressional delegation to slow or delay the changes.
Coalition opposes delaying flood insurance revamp
September 25, 2013
While the Louisiana congressional delegation pushed to delay flood insurance changes that would increase rates, a coalition of free-market think tanks and climatologists lobbied Tuesday to keep “true cost” premium increases in place.
Coastal Wetland Act still vital
September 24, 2013
The Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection and Restoration Act, passed by Congress in 1990, created a lot of firsts for Louisiana.
Decades needed for recovery of tiny life on Gulf seabed after BP oil spill, new study says
September 24, 2013
The damage from oil during the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster to communities of tiny organisms living in and on the soft sediment on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico surrounding BP's Macondo well will take decades to repair, according…