Levees.org Responds to Omissions in George W. Bush Museum

Monday, August 26th, 2013

George W. Bush Museum and Library in Dallas Texas

Updated, Aug 26, 7:00 p.m.

Today, Levees.org kicked off a campaign to draw attention to the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and Library. The facility – which operates on $6 million of taxpayer support every year – barely mentions any federal failures relating to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

The exhibits don’t mention the failed levees built by the Army Corps of Engineers. And the exhibits describe the federal response as one of compassion and heroic rescue.

This is not fair to the taxpayers and doubly not fair to the survivors of the flooding on August 29th. American curators and archivists have a duty to record both the good and the bad.

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Levees.org Joins Diverse Array of Support for Coastal Erosion Lawsuit

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Levees.org has joined a diverse array of Louisiana organizations and citizens calling on the Louisiana House and Senate Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee to support the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority’s lawsuit filed against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for their destruction of the Louisiana coast.

According to the agenda, the Wednesday, August 14th Joint Committee meeting has been called for “review and discussion relative to Civil Action No. 13-691” which is the coastal erosion lawsuit.

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Levees.org’s Statement of Support for Oil and Gas Erosion Lawsuit

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

Photo/Tim Carruthers, Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

The statement below was delivered on July 30, 2013 in front of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court at 421 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans.

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Act 1 of the 2006 Louisiana Legislature created the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authorities, two independent boards that are shielded from political influence. 

The SLFPA-East’s lawsuit––demanding that 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies restore Louisiana’s wetlands and pay damages to the state––will test the spirit of that legislation.

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