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A weekly round-up of what’s new in Louisiana coastal restoration   1) Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Permitting Timeline Shaved by Two years! Steve Hardy’s report for The Advocate, “How Monday's decision by the Corps of Engineers will affect Louisiana coastal restoration,” takes a look at the updated permitting timeline for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, which reduces the timeline by two years bringing it to November 2020. CPRA Chairman Johnny Bradberry lauded the decision saying, “The Mid‐Barataria Sediment Diversion is critical to ...

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A weekly round-up of what’s new in Louisiana coastal restoration   1) Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Permitting Timeline Shaved by Two years! Steve Hardy’s report for The Advocate, “How Monday's decision by the Corps of Engineers will affect Louisiana coastal restoration,” takes a look at the updated permitting timeline for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, which reduces the timeline by two years bringing it to November 2020. CPRA Chairman Johnny Bradberry lauded the decision saying, “The Mid‐Barataria Sediment Diversion is critical to ...

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On today’s show William Guion, Photographer with Live Oak Images, joins the program to talk with Jacques & Simone about why the Live Oak is such an iconic representation of Louisiana, how he became interested in oak trees, how coastal land loss has affected oak trees across the state and more! Listen to the show below and subscribe to our feed in iTunes and Google Play.   Listen Now!

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On today’s show William Guion, Photographer with Live Oak Images, joins the program to talk with Jacques & Simone about why the Live Oak is such an iconic representation of Louisiana, how he became interested in oak trees, how coastal land loss has affected oak trees across the state and more! Listen to the show below and subscribe to our feed in iTunes and Google Play.   Listen Now!

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(EDF Legal Fellow Erin Murphy co-authored this post) EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt just announced his intention to rollback one of our country’s biggest climate success stories – clean car standards that reduce pollution and save Americans money at the pump. In a closed-door ceremony, Pruitt kicked off a process to weaken these standards — placing […]

(EDF Legal Fellow Erin Murphy co-authored this post) EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt just announced his intention to rollback one of our country’s biggest climate success stories – clean car standards that reduce pollution and save Americans money at the pump. In a closed-door ceremony, Pruitt kicked off a process to weaken these standards — placing […]

(EDF Legal Fellow Erin Murphy co-authored this post) EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt just announced his intention to rollback one of our country’s biggest climate success stories – clean car standards that reduce pollution and save Americans money at the pump. In a closed-door ceremony, Pruitt kicked off a process to weaken these standards — placing […]

Written by Diane MacEachern

When your kids head out to the school playground for recess, you expect them to jump rope, play tag, or swing on the swings. You don’t expect them to be exposed to harmful air pollution that puts their health and safety at risk. But that’s what’s...

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

This article is written by Angeles Zaragoza, Member, Moms Clean Air Force and Maria Guzman, Community Health Educator, Pacoima Beautiful. It’s reposted from Impacting Our Future, an independent supplement by Mediaplanet to the Los Angeles Times Some days the air we breathe is so poor, our...

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director, and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Independent Consultant. In the fall of 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bought 10 samples of carrageenan from 5 companies sold through internet-only retailers to test for three heavy metals – lead, arsenic (total and inorganic), and cadmium. The agency published the results on […]

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director, and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Independent Consultant. In the fall of 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bought 10 samples of carrageenan from 5 companies sold through internet-only retailers to test for three heavy metals – lead, arsenic (total and inorganic), and cadmium. The agency published the results on […]