What is the GreenARMY?

By now you have probably heard of the GreenARMY in Louisiana led by Lt General Russel Honore. Gen Honore is the Commander who restored order in the aftermath of the levee breaks in New Orleans in 2005. But you might be wondering exactly why the GreenARMY was formed and what it’s doing. The GreenARMY is […]

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U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu Finds Good Use for Levees.org’s Levee Map

Last Friday, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu alerted her constituents that she had secured a vote on a bipartisan bill that will delay the most aggressive flood insurance rates until FEMA does more study. (Flood insurance for many nationwide could have become spectacularly unaffordable.) In her appeal to Congress, Senator Landrieu utilized a map that Levees.org […]

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A Sound Reason for Jindal to Oppose the Big Oil Law Suit Doesn’t Exist

It’s embarrassing enough that the governor of Louisiana would side with corporate interests in trying to abort the lawsuit filed last summer by public officials against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for damaging the coast. But equally telling is how rapidly he went ballistic on behalf of Big Oil. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection […]

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