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The NOPD says New Orleans Criminal Court judge Frank Marullo was carjacked outside his home Tuesday nightmore>> The NOPD says New Orleans Criminal Court judge Frank Marullo was carjacked outside his home Tuesday nightmore>> The statue was stolen on the morning of May 1, 2013 during Jazz Fest weekend.
more>>The statue was stolen on the morning of May 1, 2013 during Jazz Fest weekend.
more>>Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a shooting that left a 41-year-old man dead.more>> Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a shooting that left a 41-year-old man dead.more>> The NOPD is searching for three suspects who robbed and beat a man on Carondelet Street Sunday morningmore>> The NOPD is searching for three suspects who robbed and beat a man on Carondelet Street Sunday morningmore>> Showers and storms headed into the area along a weak cold front.more>> Showers and storms headed into the area along a weak cold front.more>> California authorities report they have arrested New Orleans fugitive, Darnell Ellis, who is wanted on charges for drugs and gang activity.more>> California authorities report they have arrested New Orleans fugitive, Darnell Ellis, who is wanted on charges for drugs and gang activity.more>> Lawmakers move one step closer to stripping financial control of the Coroner's Office from Dr. Peter Galvan and the St. Tammany Parish coroner and many of his higher-paid staff could be close to getting their paychecks cut.more>> Lawmakers move one step closer to stripping financial control of the Coroner's Office from Dr. Peter Galvan, and the St. Tammany Parish coroner and many of his higher-paid staff could be close to getting their paychecks cut.more>> Governor Bobby Jindal joined area leaders at Nicholls State University Tuesday for a big announcement. A company based in Lafourche Parish since the 1940's is planning a major expansion around the state.
more>> Governor Bobby Jindal joined area leaders at Nicholls State University Tuesday for a big announcement. A company based in Lafourche Parish since the 1940's is planning a major expansion around the state.
more>> A businessman gets results, after making a public plea to help him find the man who he says ripped him off.more>> A businessman gets results, after making a public plea to help him find the man who he says ripped him off.more>> A former federal prosecutor tells a local community activist he's had enough of her comments.more>> A former federal prosecutor tells a local community activist he's had enough of her comments.more>>
Environmental groups released a report on Wednesday making 39 recommendations of how to repair damage to the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem caused by the catastrophic BP oil spill in 2010. The amount BP will have to pay is subject to ongoing litigation with the government, which also will choose how to spend the money.
Below are some of the environmental groups' costlier proposals:
Florida
- Buying land around the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and Apalachee Bay. Cost: $30 million.
- Sea-grass and oyster restoration along the Florida Panhandle. Cost: $15 million.
- Buying 69,453 acres to help conserve St. Vincent Sound and Lake Wimico near Apalachicola. Cost: $100 million
Alabama
- Mobile Bay restoration and building 100 miles of intertidal oyster reefs. Cost: $95 million
- Reconnecting tidal exchanges within the Mobile-Tensaw Delta by building new bridges under the Mobile Causeway. Cost: $70 million
- Buying coastal properties in Alabama coastal counties to aid conservation. Cost: $125 million
Mississippi
- Restoration of 3,622 acres of coastal habitat. Cost: $7.8 million
- Wetlands and oyster restoration in Hancock County, restoring up to 60,000 feet of oyster reef. Cost: $18.8 million
- Restoring 1,000 acres of coastal marsh along Mississippi coast. Cost: $13.6 million
Louisiana
- Barataria basin restoration with new dunes, marsh, oyster reefs and filling in oil canals. Cost: $378 million
- Breton basin restoration with armoring marsh, oyster reefs and building up Chandeleur islands. Cost: $100 million
- Building 70 miles of oyster reefs in Cameron, Terrebonne and St. Bernard parishes. Cost: $70 million
Texas
- Expand the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge by 64,260 acres. Cost: $90 million
- Build sub-tidal reef in Matagorda Bay within footprint of historical Half Moon Reef. Cost: $3.8 million
- Restoring Shamrock Island in Nueces County by creating sea-grasses, marsh and mangroves. Cost: $3 million
Open waters of the Gulf
- Plugging and removing nonproducing oil and gas wells in waters off the coast of Louisiana. Cost: $31 million
- Place observers aboard fishing vessels to monitor catches for marine mammals, sea turtles and bluefin tuna. Cost: $32.5 million
- Cleaning up marine debris across the Gulf. Cost: $10 million
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