Whether our politicians believe it or not, the Earth’s atmosphere is getting warmer because of all the fossil fuels that humans have burned; putting heat trapping material into the atmosphere. One consequence of a warming climate is a rise in sea level and the rising sea is putting our Louisiana coast in that much more peril.… 
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A Long Overdue Discussion Of Climate In Louisiana
Whether our politicians believe it or not, the Earth’s atmosphere is getting warmer because of all the fossil fuels that humans have burned; putting heat trapping material into the atmosphere. One consequence of a warming climate is a rise in sea level and the rising sea is putting our Louisiana coast in that much more peril.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Climate March, Louisiana Politicians, New Orleans, New York, State Capitol
The Green ARMY Rallies for Water at the Capitol on March 8th
The Green ARMY speaks at the Louisiana State Capitol, March 8th, 2014
March 8th, 2014
at the Louisiana State Capitol
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Join Lt. General Russel Honore, the Green ARMY and all the concerned citizens of Louisiana in sending a message to the Louisiana Legislature.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: BUS, Darryl Malek Wiley, Louisiana, Louisiana Legislature, Louisiana State Capitol, New Orleans
3 Years After the BP Spill and We Are Still Sick
Several groups, individuals and LEAN address the ongoing health issues from the BP Oil Spill with a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Association and others…
Groups send letter outlining ongoing human health impacts along Gulf Coast
As Earth Day passes and we remember the events of the BP Oil Spill three years ago, we are reminded that things have not been made right here along the Gulf Coast.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: BP Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans
Mississippi River Flood of 2011 – Bonnet Carré Spillway
Update and Ground Patrol for Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
by Wilma Subra, Paul Orr and Michael Orr May 20, 2011
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is located on the Mississippi River 28 miles above New Orleans, adjacent to the community of Norco.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bonnet Carr Spillway, Lake Pontchartrain, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mississippi River Flood, New Orleans
Mighty Missislick Expedition
We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft. -Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Mississippi River—the Great River—has lent its undulating waters to boyhood dreams, once again.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Carl Sandburg, Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mississippi River Delta, New Orleans, oil disaster
Company to Import and Export Nuclear Waste Through Port of New Orleans
EnergySolutions applied for licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to import radioactive waste from decommissioned Italian nuclear power plants through the ports of New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina. The company intends to process the radioactive waste in its facility in Tennessee and transport the remainder to its disposal site in Utah.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Company, EnergySolutions, italy, New Orleans, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Final Report on the Riverkeeper Project – A report from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, June 12, 1998
Summary
The Riverkeeper Project was completed in April of 1998. During the course of the project monthly river water samples were taken at six sites on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Each sample was tested for metals, trace elements, volatile organic chemicals, semi-volatile organic chemicals, organic pesticides, PCB’s (Polychlorinated Biphenyls), PCP’s (Polychlorinated Phenyls), odor, pH, turbidity, water hardness and dissolved oxygen.… 
