Healthy Gulf Admin

DUMP THE PUMPS

The New York Times editorial staff put it best when they wrote “like an indestructible ghoul in a low-grade horror flick, the Yazoo Pumps are rising again from the bureaucratic crypt.” First proposed in 1941, the Yazoo Pumps are nothing short of a reoccurring nightmare. This World War II era project would, according to the

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THE MIGHTY ORPHAN

The conclusion of a recent National Research Council report is that the Mighty Mississippi is an “orphan.” To those of us who live in the Gulf and know of the impact a polluted Mississippi River has in creating the Dead Zone, this finding is no surprise. The EPA has neglected its duty to set limits

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The Boondoogle of All Boondoogles

Corps Resurrecting Destructive World War II Era ProjectPosted on October 17, 2007 | Filed Under River Renewal, Government Affairs, Flood ProtectionJoyce Wu, Program AssociateNatural Flood ProtectionSixty-six years of opposition have not been enough for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to give up on a flood control project that won’t actually protect homes. Over

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