Tag Archives: new orleans

Press Conference: Levees.org nominates Levee Breach Sites to National Register

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

On Wed August 4, 2010 at 9:30a, Levees.org will announce its nomination of several Levee Breach sites in metro New Orleans to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). “Although it is very difficult to list sites associated with events as recent as the 2005 Katrina flood,” says Nicole Hobson-Morris, Director of Historic Preservation, […]

BP Commission Highlights Need for 8/29 Commission

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Nearly five years later still no levee commission for New Orleans It’s commendable that President Barack Obama has formed an independent commission to look at the root causes of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and the proper process for combating such catastrophes in the future. The hearings began in New Orleans […]

Story about Army Corps caught harassing citizens online possibly one of the Year’s Most Censored

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

The Pentagon’s investigation of vicious comments by employees at the Army Corps of Engineers posted on Levees.org’s blog has been accepted for consideration as one of the Top 25 Most Censored Stories of the Year. Reporter Mark Schleifstein’s story in the New Orleans Times Picayune will now go to voters and could be selected for […]