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Pump station work will help protect from floods
May 29, 2012 9:39 AM
RACELAND, La. (AP) - Lafourche Parish officials say the repair of two pumping stations in the Raceland area will help protect against flooding. The parish will be rebuilding the Cyprien Pump Station, which services the low-lying area south of La. Highway 1 and west of Highway 182. Work will also... more » -
Developer to work for land swap to protect frog
March 9, 2012 5:46 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A developer has agreed to work toward a land swap that would protect an endangered frog that breeds near the developer's land in Harrison County, Miss. Only about 100 adult Mississippi gopher frogs live in the wild, with another 1,500 or so in zoos, including New... more » -
LA Will Protect Wetlands With or Without Permission
May 24, 2010 1:09 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Showing growing impatience with the federal government, Louisiana's top lawyer says the state will proceed with plans to protect its wetlands from the Gulf oil spill - with or without permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The action by Attorney General Buddy Caldwell could... more » -
La. AG: State Will Protect Wetlands Regardless
May 24, 2010 10:30 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Showing growing impatience with the federal government, Louisiana's top lawyer says the state will proceed with plans to protect its wetlands from the Gulf oil spill - with or without permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The action by Attorney General Buddy Caldwell could... more » -
State Not Waiting For Approval to Protect Coast
May 23, 2010 8:15 PM
ON BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the state is not waiting for federal approval to begin building sand barriers to protect the coastline from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Jindal's defiant comments Sunday came as oil pushed at least 12 miles into the heart... more » -
DHH & DQ: Protect Yourself From Chemical Exposure
May 5, 2010 6:12 PM
The Louisiana departments of Health and Hospitals and Environmental Quality are urging residents as well as oil spill response workers and volunteers to take the proper steps to protect their health from possible exposure to chemical, physical and biological hazards caused by the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.... more » -
Effort to Protect Lake Pontchartrain
May 3, 2010 3:24 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans plans to open a staging area at Fort Pike for the effort to protect Lake Pontchartrain from oil advancing from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who took office Monday, said the city is working with St. Tammany Parish, which... more »
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