This spring, the street naming decision will be made and our suggestion for Lee Circle does not seem to be in the mix. The debate over renaming 37 streets, parks and public places in New Orleans that currently honor Confederates
The War for the Coast is not Over
A victory? Yes. Did we win the war? A resounding NO! Louisiana coastal advocates have been celebrating this recent headline: “Big Step Forward for $50 Billion Plan to Save Louisiana Coast.” That big step was the release of the U.S.
UN Human Rights Council Calls for End to Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley
On March 2, 2021, a group of experts on the UN Human Rights Council issued a statement calling for a halt to further petrochemical complex development along the lower Mississippi River corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. It also
Biden – Defend the Attacks from Industry on your Climate Plans
guest OP ED by KAREN C. SOKOLA, from Loyola University applauds President Biden for his climate plans but urges him to fight off the attacks from industry. A week after taking office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order “on
Coastal Authority Backs Offshore Revenue Plan
authority A planned U.S. Senate bill to increase the amount of federal offshore oil revenue shared with to Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states, and to set up a similar revenue sharing program for wind energy generated in federal waters,
Comment on Mid-Bartaria Bay Diversion
Yesterday there were two articles providing ways to comment about the Mid-Barataria Diversion. The first was short and sweet on how to comment and it said: At $2 billion, the Mid-Barataria sediment diversion project is a key piece of Louisiana’s
More Air Pollution – now Dust
Air pollution is nothing new in this area but a new grain terminal will bring dust to the Baton Rouge – New Orleans corridor. A Louisiana company wants to build a 36-silo grain terminal on the west bank of St.
Louisiana Needs the Diversion
Chip Kline is the chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Noting that we face land loss greater than any other state, as we lose a football field of land every 100 minutes, we need to build land and
Energy Shift Possible – but not with Legislature
Louisiana has got to shift from oil and gas to renewables and it is possible – but not with our current legislature. A Times Picayune Power Poll has two-thirds of respondents putting the state’s chances of making the switch at
Saving the State
One of the most expensive, ambitious and controversial proposals in Louisiana’s 50-year, $50 billion bid to save the southern third of the state from disappearing like a modern-day Atlantis passed a major milestone Thursday night with the release of a