Corps of Engineers ordered to stop Industrial Lock Expansion
The Holy Cross neighborhood is victorious today. According to Adam Babich, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic Director & Professor of Law, “the Industrial Canal expansion project has gone down for the second time.” The Court granted summary judgment that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act by […]
Data and methods used to calculate Corps of Engineers’ LSAC ratings should be released
On the Sixth Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in U.S. History, the Times Picayune published data that reporter Mark Schleifstein had ‘obtained.’ The federal data revealed that storm surge from a 500-year storm could overtop the levees in New Orleans and cause significant flooding. We have anticipated seeing these federally assigned Levee Safety […]
Encouraging signs that Levees.org is winning
Despite little mention in mainstream media that New Orleans area residents were commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history, there were nonetheless many signs that we are reaching our goals. The Kansas City Star featured an on-target piece that described the historic flooding both completely and accurately.
