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2011 coastal plan substitutes process for progress – postponing action (part 2)
First page of chapter 3 of the 2011 coastal protection and restoration plan by Len Bahr* This post concludes a two-part critique of the final...
The (flawed) 2011 coastal plan will be rubber-stamped in June. Then what?
by Len Bahr* Without question, the most important legislation being debated during the ongoing legislative session is Senate Bill 1, which will, one way or another,...
April coastal scuttlebutt miniposts continued…
April 30 On day 9 and counting, Paul Rioux and Robert Travis Scott wrote today’s update for The Times-Picayune on what has become an international story about...
How to destroy a delta: Mississippi vs Nile approaches
Figure 1. Mississippi River delta (l); Nile River delta (r) by Len Bahr, PhD* Even casual readers of LaCoastPost typically realize that short-sighted...
Convert the old bridge into a car-free linear waterfront park: a concrete proposal
Michael DeMocker / The Times-Picayune. View of the old and new I-10 twin span bridges looking east from New Orleans toward Slidell. Envision the possibility of...
Bird’s Foot Delta, part two
Figure 1. Bird's foot delta (a) before (left) and (b) after (right) hypothetical release of all river flow upstream from Head of Passes, effectively...
Portrait of the Bird’s foot delta, part one.
The Bird's Foot Delta of the Mississippi River has evolved from a swimmer (l) to a wader form (r) Editor’s note: This guest post on the Bird’s...
Climate change opinion makers, part 3: media imbalance
Left: unidentified TV meteorologist works on a five day weather projection (photo from Slate.com). Right: Judith Curry, Georgia Tech climatologist...
Climate change opinion shapers part two: authorities
Don Boesch; John Holdren; Joe Romm; Jim Hansen; Al Gore; Bill McKibben; Steven Chu; Andrew C. Revkin; Raymond T. Pierrehumbert; and...
Climate change opinion shapers, part one: the ‘debunkers.’
Sarah Palin, Sen. James Inhoff, Pat Michaels, Glenn Beck, John Coleman,* David H. Koch, Chad Myers,* Stephen McIntyre,* Steve Milloy, Joe Bastardi*...
