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Institute News
- Recent Publications and Presentations
- Upcoming Events
- The 17th Annual Tulane Environmental Summit will take place March 2 - 3, 2012. This year's summit theme, From Local to Global, celebrates the interconnection of environmental concerns in our communities and the world. To learn more about this year's events and the panels who will present see the Tulane University Law School Environmental Law Society's webpage here.
- The public comment period on Louisiana's 2012 Coastal Master Plan will close February 25, 2012. To submit your comments online, please fill out the Public Comment Form on the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan website. A copy of the complete Draft 2012 Master Plan is available here. Planners hope to incorporate comments and finalize a draft of the plan to present to the Louisiana legislature by March 26, 2012.
Current Developments ( view archive )
- Water and Energy
- On Monday, January 30, 2012, Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota introduced new legislation that would approve the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The legislation would also require the U.S. State Department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state of Nebraska within 30 days to assist with rerouting a portion of the proposed pipeline around the environmentally sensitive Ogallala Aquifer in the Nebraska Sand Hills. Sen. Hoeven hopes passage of the legislation would allow the pipeline to move forward while also providing Nebraska time to finalize a new route around the Ogallala Aquifer. More details on the legislation can be found in The Bismark Tribune's article, Sen. Kent Conrad undecided on pipeline legislation.
- Regional Water News
- After two months of increases in water levels at monitoring wells in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Caddo Parish, decreases were seen on Friday, October 28, 2011. For more about Caddo Parish's water worries and the public's chance to weigh in on ground water resources management see Vickie Welborn's article, "Water worries continue as state mulls new plan" in The Shreveport Times.
- National Water News
- The Great Lakes Commission and a group representing the mayors of dozens of Great Lakes cities recently released a new study finding that the natural divide between the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes can be rebuilt. To read more about the study and the three options being offered to fill the divide see The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's article Report says Great Lakes divide can be rebuilt.
- Federal Water News
- The House Natural Resources subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine environmental impacts and their impacts on construction of new dams and reservoirs in the Western United States. To read more about Chairman Tom McClintock (R-Claif.) of the Water and Power Subcommittee allegations that environmental concerns and overly burdensome regulatory requirements stand in the way of job creation and agricultural growth see Environment and Energy Daily's story, "Panel to spotlight regulatory impediments to building dams, reservoirs."
- Last November, the EPA Science Advisory Board assembled the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee Augmented for the Consideration of the Value of Water to the U.S. Economy. The panel of 19 economists, engineers, and scientists was tasked with developing a report on the importance of clean water to the U.S. economy. For more on the panel and steps the EPA is taking see the EPA's website here.
While Louisiana struggles toward protecting itself from stronger storms and rising seas, a strange debate is unfolding in Washington that could moot the question. To leaders of this debate in both houses of Congress, climate change is not happening... read more
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