Tagged with Wetlands 
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while we're young?
White House announces Gulf restoration task force amid criticism of Army Corps 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
In response to criticism that the Army Corps of Engineers has failed to take needed action, President Obama is creating a federal task force to overhaul management of coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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saving swamps, saving lives
Army Corps urged to honor Obama’s priority of restoring New Orleans area wetlands 2
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, a coalition of 17 advocacy groups called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to promptly honor President Obama's pledge "to restore nature's barriers -- the wetlands, marshes and barrier islands that can take the first blows and protect the people of the Gulf Coast."
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Is hindsight 20/20?
Learning from past civilizations 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
To understand our current environmental dilemma, it helps to look at earlier civilizations that also got into environmental trouble. Our early 21st century civilization is not the first to face the prospect of environmentally induced economic decline. The question is how we will respond.
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Looking at climate change from a regional perspective 3
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Come Over Here, Sweet Thing
Competing offer for U.S. Sugar complicates Everglades restoration plan 3
Posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago -
And You Know You Should Be Glade
Florida scales down U.S. Sugar buyout in Everglades 3
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Oh, Give It a Restoration, Will You?
Everglades restoration going slowly, poorly, federal report says 2
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Sweet and Sour
Everglades restoration deal could still benefit Big Sugar 2
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How did so much water get into a New Orleans canal? 1
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Yazoo Keeper
EPA puts kibosh on wetland-destructive Army Corps project 2
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We Must Decrease Our Gustav
Oil platforms off La. fare OK under hurricane; wetlands, not so much 3
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The Grass Is Half Empty
EPA and Florida sucking at Everglades cleanup, says judge 1
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Water We Supposed to Do?
Lag in water-pollution enforcement traced to muddled court decision 3
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
Pass the Sugar, Sugar
Florida will buy out sugar company to restore Everglades 9
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
Is He Everglade to Be There
McCain says he hearts Everglades, despite opposing bill with restoration funding 7
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago -
Fortune and Flame
Why the Everglades is burning, and how we sucked it dry 9
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
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An Embarrassment of Richton
Mississippi town not enthusiastic about storing strategic petroleum 0
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
The Devel(opment) Is in the Details
Bush admin finalizes development-friendly wetlands rules 1
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
Rolling On
As Corps series ends, big questions remain about the future of the Mississippi 2
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
On the oddity of privatizing nature 31
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago