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Trump admin. official acknowledges ‘negative impact’ of Louisiana coastal loss
May 31, 2017
An official of the Trump administration, which last week proposed a budget that would cut $420 million from Louisiana's coastal protection program over the next three years, has acknowledged the "negative impacts" that coastal loss has on local and national…
Executive Office of the President Council on Environmental Quality responds to Governor Edwards
May 30, 2017
Response to Governor Edwards, from Executive Office of the President, CEQ: “We appreciate the national significance of Louisiana’s coastal area for energy production… look forward to working with you to advance solutions to respond to the coastal land and wetlands losses…
April Showers Bring May Flows: What That Means for Louisiana’s Wetlands
May 24, 2017
April showers usually bring May flowers. They also often bring higher river flows. The heavy rainfall within the Mississippi River’s enormous drainage basin over the last month is currently flowing down the river toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Groups claim Trump budget abandons Louisiana’s Coastal Erosion needs
May 24, 2017
A post-Katrina effort led by then-US Senator Mary Landrieu is under attack by a Trump budget proposal. The impact might have severe consequences upon the state's severe coastal erosion problem.
Louisiana officials on Trump’s plan to cut coastal funding: ‘deal breaker,’ will ‘set us back decades’
May 24, 2017
President Donald Trump's proposed budget would deal a huge blow to Louisiana's program for protecting and restoring its disappearing coast.
Louisiana coast money at risk in federal budget
May 23, 2017
President Donald Trump's first budget proposal calls for eliminating a key source of funding for coastal restoration, federal offshore oil revenue sharing.
President Trump’s Budget Proposal Abandons Louisiana Coastal Restoration
May 23, 2017
(NEW ORLEANS – May 23, 2017) Earlier today, President Trump unveiled a budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 that would significantly set back coastal restoration and protection efforts in Louisiana. The proposal upends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act…
Lockport Library to teach kids about wetlands
May 15, 2017
The Lockport Library will be teaching children about the importance of wetlands later next month by growing miniature ecosystems.
Coastal plan approved
May 15, 2017
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources Thursday approved the state coastal master plan.
Sediment Diversion Operations & Oyster Shell Recycling
May 10, 2017
Welcome to the latest episode of Delta Dispatches. On today’s show Natalie Peyronnin, Director of Science Policy and Mississippi River Delta Restoration at the Environmental Defense Fund, speaks to Jacques about sediment diversions operations.