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Louisiana scientists, students to share $2.5 million in BP spill fine money
Jun 23, 2017Louisiana university scientists and students will use most of $2.5 million in grant money over two years to conduct research aimed at assisting the st...
Louisiana coast sinking 50 percent faster than thought, new study says
Jun 15, 2017Land along Louisiana's coastline is sinking 50 percent faster than was estimated just two years ago, according to a new map published Wednesday (June ...
Making Waves: Building A Water Management Mecca
Jun 15, 2017For all its high-tech sheen, California’s Silicon Valley sprouted from a modest military investment in radio technology—and grew into a global technol...
Predicting flood locations, depths, is aim of new computer simulation
Jun 6, 2017When a big rain is forecast, south Louisiana braces for flooding. But exactly where the flooding will occur is harder to predict.Now, however, a team ...
Experts focus on coastal restoration
May 26, 2017A regional coastal advocacy group held its annual meeting today and hosted coastal scientists, industry professionals and others to talk about what th...
Coastal advocacy group to host annual meeting
May 18, 2017Tickets are available for a local coastal advocacy group’s annual meeting that will focus on coastal issues and the future of regional industries and ...
Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette Area People in Business for April 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center has named Jason Rogers as assistant vice president of nursing, responsible for the nursing units within t...
Topping-off ceremony held for third building at Water Campus in downtown Baton Rouge
Apr 5, 2017On Wednesday, April 5, a topping-off ceremony was held for the third building at the Water Campus, located along the Nicholson corridor between downto...
Aboard tall-mast ship, Dutch scientist's pep talk lauds Louisiana coastal initiative
Mar 30, 2017Aboard a tall-masted sailing ship in the Mississippi River in New Orleans, The Water Institute of the Gulf celebrated its fifth anniversary as a think...
In St. Bernard Parish, fishers wary of Louisiana's plan to save coast
Mar 29, 2017Along Louisiana 46 near Shell Beach, dead trees still line the old Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, closed since 2009. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
Bogged Down: With billions on the way, regulatory and financial issues are slowing down the pace of major restoration projects along Louisiana’s vanishing coast
Mar 29, 2017In early March, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced it was soliciting proposals from engineering firms to design the Mi...
To rebuild the coast, Louisiana must show its river diversions won’t kill native dolphins
Feb 21, 2017When asked to list the major hurdles facing Louisiana’s 50-year plan to rebuild its coast, state officials have pointed to a menu of truly massive cha...