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		<title>Governor refuses to rethink rationale for risky sand berms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr, PhD* The sordid saga of Gov. Jindal&#8217;s coastal sand plan During mid-May rumors spread about a curious state plan to bill BP big bucks to build temporary sand barriers against oil from the notorious gushing Macondo well. Since that time LaCoastPost has been publishing serial challenges to the sand berm plan, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September Coastal Scuttlebutt: daily mini-posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 10 Sand berm project permit draws strong scientific objections The following letter from The Western Carolina University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines opposing the permit to continue constructing coastal sand berms was signed by 30 coastal scientists and sent to the Corps of Engineers on September 8: September 8, 2010 Robert Tewis, Project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Query to Admiral Allen: what about tapping, rather than capping Macondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Anonymous Contributor Don&#8217;t cry over spilled oil, sell what&#8217;s left! I agree with Len Bahr&#8217;s recommendation to use some of the BP oil damage compensation money to fund clean energy start up businesses in Louisiana. I would recommend a complementary means to augment the funding to restore coastal function to a pre-April 20 status. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Build business, not berms with BP bucks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr, PhD* Lessons learned &#8211; or not from the BP blowout You&#8217;ve doubtless heard the proverb that it&#8217;s better to teach a hungry man to fish than to buy him a fish sandwich from Mickey D&#8217;s. A satiated sandwich eater&#8217;s relief is very short-lived unless he learns a skill beyond panhandling. This proverb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Coastal Scuttlebutt: daily miniposts (continued)</title>
		<link>http://lacoastpost.com/blog/?p=26025</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Coastal Scuttlebutt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 31 Public perception of post-disaster presidential performance &#8211; Plaquemines Parish to Pennsylvania Avenue Political popularity in south Louisiana is based on the perception by constituents of their leaders at different levels of authority, largely influenced by coastal issues. Since Katrina and now Deepwater Horizon, local leaders have fared much better than their national counterparts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anticipating Jindal’s second act: “Too much of a good thing?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bill Nuttle* All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts,…** Capping the runaway Deepwater Horizon well in mid-July, finally, hopefully signals the beginning of the end to tragedy and hardship for residents of Louisiana’s coast. North of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the point of sand berms along the Chandeleur Islands? A project supporter weighs in.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr, PhD* By now, regular readers of this blog are probably weary of my repeated objections to and case against dredging and pumping deltaic sand to construct temporary barriers to trap oil from the Deep Horizon well blowout. This ambitious and expensive sand berm project, which I consider potentially damaging and poorly-justified, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Coastal Scuttlebutt: Daily Miniposts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 15 Loss of deltaic wetlands linked to algae blooms: Bob Marshall’s column in The Times-Picayune today contributes once again to the public understanding of connections among various signs of environmental dysfunctionality in North America’s largest delta. The recent explosion of a brown non-toxic bloom of phytoplankton (algae) on the east side of the river is apparently unrelated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which is harder on coastal marshes, crude oil or crude engineering?</title>
		<link>http://lacoastpost.com/blog/?p=25283</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr* On July 28 The Times-Picayune published a pointed and poignant editorial by Outdoors editor Bob Marshall, excoriating Governor Bobby Jindal for his insistence on constructing a $360 million project funded by BP to build ~80 miles of coastal sand barriers to intercept floating oil, despite unanimous opposition by coastal scientists. Marshall noted the irony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists sign letter to Admiral Allen on Louisiana&#8217;s response to Deepwater Horizon blowout.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To:  Admiral Thad Allen, USCG (Ret.) National Incident Commander Unified Command for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Re:  An open letter from the community of coastal scientists regarding the massive re-engineering of the Gulf Coast in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Dear Admiral Allen: It is time to put a halt to the [...]]]></description>
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