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Science be damned; Bobby, Buddy and Billy draw a states’ rights line in the sand!
Buddy Caldwell, Billy Nungesser, and Bobby Jindal proudly storm onto Grand Isle, sloshing though BP oil by Len Bahr, PhD* This post was intended to expand...
Jury still out on sandy Band-aid project (part one).
Governor Jindal proudly points to a chain of manmade sand berms envisioned to keep BP oil out of marshes (photo shopped from a photograph and a graphic published...
BP B.S. (part 2)
Alfred E. Neuman and his twin Tony Hayward now reunited to solve the BP blowout, after being separated at birth. My apologies for associating the iconic and lovable...
May Coastal Scuttlebutt: daily miniposts continued
Editor’s note: Miniposts from May 1-16 can be found here. May 31 I ran into several friends yesterday at the D Day Museum in New Orleans. A visit to this unique...
BP B.S. – crude reactions to our increasingly oily coast (part 1)
A Louisiana PSC Commissioner, a Baton Rouge Public Radio host and the President of the Louisiana Mid-continent Oil and Gas Association discuss the implications...
Bobby and Billy broach billing BP big bucks to bolster barrier beaches!
A determined-looking Billy Nungesser, invoice in hand, and Bobby Jindal are pictured here in an image that I slightly 'enhanced'...
Coastal disasters and paradigm shifts, part two: levees and oil
Editor’s note: This concludes a post on the broad issue of paradigm shifts in human thinking and behavior triggered by major catastrophes that demonstrate...
Could the coastal catastrophe catalyze a paradigm shift? (part one)
Figure 1. Lucas well blowout gusher near Beaumont, Texas on January 10, 1901. Photo from the American Petroleum Institute. by Len Bahr, PhD* 1901 oil...
May coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts
May 16 I encourage LaCoastPost readers to join me and lots of other folks at the Gulf Aid benefit concert today (Sunday May 16)...
