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Levees.org is published on Huffington Post
It’s a good day for the people of south Louisiana when a publication like the Huffington Post publishes a news article written by Levees.org. We want to keep the focus on how what happened during Katrina is a national infrastructure issue and not a parochial New Orleans issue. You can help right now. Please leave […]
Why should you care about New Orleans’ flood disaster now?
Three weeks ago, headlines rocketed around the world that a federal judge had faulted the Army Corps of Engineers for much of the horrific flooding during Katrina. This matters to all of us, because the same agency that bungled in New Orleans is responsible for most of the important water projects in this country. And […]
Cowen and Fielkow to National Press Club: Katrina exposed flaws in federal levees
When we heard New Orleans City Council President Arnie Fielkow and Tulane President Scott Cowen had traveled to Washington DC this week to speak to the National Press Club, we were dying of curiosity to find out that they said. After all, Fielkow had just sponsored a resolution in New Orleans (written by Levees.org) urging […]
