Florida Lets Sewage Sludge Foul Everglades: Critics
Environmentalists say Florida officials are thwarting a 2-year-old law banning the spreading of sewage sludge on the Everglades.
Source: Orlando Sentinel, 06/30/2009
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Even Mississippi Sediment Won't Save Louisiana Coast
Engineering projects hope to save Louisiana's shrinking coastal wetlands by diverting sediment from the Mississippi River -- but a new study says there is not enough mud in the Mississippi to do the job.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/30/2009
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"Keeping Panthers and People from Colliding"
Rebecca Williams reports biologists are trying to figure out how to keep panthers and people from running into each other.
Source: Environment Report, 06/29/2009
Coal Ash Destined for AL Landfill
The landfilling of 3.9 million tons of coal ash from a spill at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant may or may not be a boon to one of Alabama's poorest counties.
Source: Tuscaloosa News, 06/29/2009
"Report: TVA Dikes on 'Verge of Failure' Pre-Spill"
"The earthen dikes supporting a huge coal ash landfill at a Tennessee power plant were 'on the verge of failure' long before they collapsed and sent tons of toxic muck into a river and lakeside community, an engineering consultant said Thursday."
Source: AP, 06/26/2009
Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand
When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
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Levee-Busting in Louisiana
Two brothers are busting levees to return the Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge to its primeval condition.
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2009
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