Alex Lubben
Contributor at Freelance
Environment Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Environment reporter @NOLAnews. Formerly @VICENews, @columbiajourn Investigations, other places. also https://t.co/00xTSrDm10
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben |Marie Fazio
A Tulane University researcher and environmental advocate who studied racial disparities in health impacts from Louisiana’s petrochemical industry resigned on Wednesday, citing censorship from university leaders who believed her work had made elected officials “embarrassed and uncomfortable.” Kimberly Terrell, who served as director of community engagement for the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, accused the university of putting her under a “gag order” and sacrificing academic freedom to...
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
A federal project to replace the lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans has ballooned in cost — from under $1 billion to nearly $5 billion — as opposition builds among those who live nearby. The prior version of the plan, published in 2017, set the project’s budget at $951.3 million. The version released last week puts the cost at $4.69 billion, an increase the Corps says is due to eight years of inflation, new initiatives to reduce community impacts and minor engineering changes.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed repairs on corroded flood pumps at the ends of New Orleans’ outfall canals — just in time for hurricane season. The Corps completed a final test of Pump 1 at the London Avenue outfall canal on Friday, two days before the official start of storm season.
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1 month ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
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1 month ago |
nola.com | Alex Lubben
Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to abandon the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, once considered the cornerstone of Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts, may see the state revive an old project to replace it that his administration says will be cheaper, faster and more effective. Not everyone is convinced. The Mid-Barataria project is on life support after the Corps suspended a key permit for it.
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