Several cities, counties and businesses across the Mississippi Gulf Coast sued the Corps, claiming the more frequent, lengthier openings of the Spillway in recent years have caused significant damage to the environment and economy of the Coast.
The concept of the project has been discussed since 1984, but a final Environment Impact Study represents a milestone in the efforts to make it a reality.
About 120 former residents of sinking Isle de Jean Charles are expected to relocate to government-provided homes 40 miles north in a new community dubbed New Isle.
The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts or federal courts has been revived by a federal appeals panel.
Dr. Sherwood “Woody” Gagliano, a geographer, geologist and archaeologist who was among the first to warn of Louisiana’s coastal land loss, has died at the age of 84.