2019 was a historic year for the Bonnet Carre Spillway as it remained open for a record 118 days. The extended opening proved to have adverse effects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Now, some officials on the Coast are taking action. IMMS President Dr. Moby Solangi said, “It is a catastrophic event that has happened. We never thought there would [...]
Calling a Port Allen industrial recycling plant's modified air permit a "colossal bait-and-switch," a lawyer for environmentalists asked a Baton Rouge judge Wednesday to vacate the permit and send it back to a state regulatory agency for more study. Louisiana Environmental Action Network attorney Clay Garside argued to state District Judge Trudy White that Thermaldyne's modified air permit allows it [...]
An environmental group that has questioned the management of Baton Rouge's drinking water aquifer has launched a campaign to encourage major industries to end their use of the region's groundwater while demanding that Baton Rouge Water Co. detail its plans for a sustainable future. The Louisiana Environmental Action Network has unveiled its "Save Our Water" campaign, opening a website, sending letters [...]
By May 9, 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had been in a flood fight in Louisiana for nearly 200 days. Officials gathered every morning in a conference room in New Orleans that was—perhaps thankfully—windowless, keeping their opponent out of view: just below the office snarled the overladen Mississippi River, more than 8 million gallons of water ripping past [...]
Liz Reinhardt Delsa was driving home from the airport on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway on June 16 when she heard what she thought was heavy rain hitting her windshield. But instead of sliding off as water droplets normally do, the rain seemed to stick. That’s when she realized: “It was bugs,” she said. A swarm of midges, also known as [...]
