Tag: louisiana
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BP Deepwater Horizon Trial Phase Two: 4 Things You Need to Know
The second phase of the trial to determine how much more money BP owes for its Gulf spill begins today …
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IPCC Report Another Wake Up Call for Immediate Climate Action
Regardless of whether our car is speeding at 90 miles an hour or 85 miles an hour, we are still in the danger zone. The time has come to put on the brakes.
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Will Court Decision on Gulf Dead Zone Reduce Dangerous Algae Growth in American Waters?
The U.S. District Court in Eastern Louisiana ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to determine within six months whether to set new limits on the pollution that is fueling the dangerous algae …
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Looking at Future Climate Threats Eight Years After Hurricane Katrina
Warmer global temperatures and the melting of the polar ice drives sea level rise—which is happening faster than previous models predicted—leaving coastal cities like New Orleans more vulnerable to storms.
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Industry-Caused Sinkhole Expands, Swallowing Trees Whole and Threatening Louisianians
Last August, a toxic sinkhole was discovered in the swampland of Bayou Corne, LA, 40 miles south of Baton Rouge. More than a year later the sinkhole continues to expand, and has now been measured at 24 acres across …