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Save Louisiana

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On January 28, 2012
Outside of the larger spectre of climate change, the biggest environmental crisis in the United States is the melting of southern Louisiana into the ocean.* A combination of diking the Mississippi River to prevent flooding and facilitate commerce and petroleum companies challenging through the marshes...

The Future

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On December 4, 2011

Before I retire from teaching, I wonder if I'll be able to teach a course called "Lost Environments," where I tell students about what were once coastal ecosystems that are.

All apologies

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On June 17, 2010
Joe Barton's apology to BP (which he retracted after being told by the GOP leadership that if he didn't he would lose his committee position) indicates the extent to which politicians in states like Texas are in pocket of the oil industry. Someone like Barton...
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