Standing on the raised deck of a neighbor’s camp, Brenda Fanguy looked out over Grand Isle’s levee at a newly constructed beach 20 times wider than what was there last year. “It’s amazing,” Fanguy yelled, shouting down from her perch.
Bulbancha Way: A Proposal
Many people still don’t know that ‘New Orleans’ was already a place, a place with a name, before the first Europeans set sail for the area. Jeffery U. Darrensbourg, Ph.D., Tribal Councilperson and enrolled member of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation First,
Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of his administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks on Tuesday, saying officials acted illegally in issuing a new rule that eased federal regulation of air pollution
Feds triple the size of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary
The Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary just got a lot bigger. The federal government on Tuesday formally approved the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, increasing its size from 56 square miles to 160 square miles.
Two Good News Stories in the Jan 16 Advocate
Louisiana’s Rabbit Island, eroding home to brown pelicans, gets $15.6 million facelift The first is the rebuilding of Rabbit Island near St Charles. “The lone brown pelican colony in southwest Louisiana sits on an island that, like the vast majority
More New Orleans homeowners risk foreclosure than in any other major U.S. city; here’s why
“The New Orleans area has earned an unwelcome financial distinction during the coronavirus pandemic: more homeowners here are at risk of losing their homes due to unpaid mortgages than in any other major American city.” So begins an article in
Folger Coffee Plant tax break request defeated
Spurring a lot of letters and emails to the City Council and with charges that the opponents over stated the benefit of refusing to give this tax break, the New Orleans City Council voted to reject the request by Folger
On the riots and insurrection at the capital
The magnitude of the layered implications of the traumatic events of January 6, 2021 will most certainly be analyzed for decades to come. The questions of who, why and how will be processed and filtered through many different leading to
Major hurdle cleared for massive Formosa plant in St. James; Next step? Securing key permit
The Formosa Chemical Plant cleared a hurdle securing the right to the land they want to build the $9.4 billion dollar plant. The land is located in a poor and rural section of St James Parish and has been the