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Biography:
Mr. Davis joined the Law School as a Senior Research Fellow and as the founding Director of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy in January 2007. For the prior fourteen years he served as executive director of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana where he helped shape programs and policies at the state and federal level to improve the stewardship of the wetlands and waters of coastal Louisiana, one of the world's greatest coastal and estuarine resources. He has practiced law in Indianapolis, the District of Columbia, and Chicago and has taught at the Indiana University (Indianapolis) School of Business and the IIT-Chicago Kent School of Law in Chicago. Mr. Davis has lectured widely on the topic of water resource management and stewardship and has testified numerous times before Congress on the need for a focused and effective commitment to the viability of coastal Louisiana and other vital natural treasures.
Professor Davis' CV
Courses:
Fall 2012 - Environmental Law: Water Resources & Policy
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Los Angeles Times, "Louisiana's ambitious coastal vision," Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| Associated Press/Yahoo News, "BP faces billions in fines as spill trial nears," Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| Huffington Post, "Views Collide at Meeting on Louisiana's Coastal Plan," Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
| "The Garland Robinette Show." On-Air Host Garland Robinette. Prod. Helen Centanni. Dir. Diane Newman. WWL AM 870/FM 105.3 News, Talk & Sports Leader, New Orleans, 31 January 2012. |
| The Louisiana Weekly, "Views Collide At Meeting On Louisiana's Coastal Plan," January 30, 2012 edition |
| WWNO, "Coastal Master Plan Draws Critics, And Some Praise," Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
| The Times-Picayune, "Fishers say coastal master plan could destroy their livelihoods," Monday, January 23, 2012 |
| The Houston Chronicle, "Restoring the Gulf: difficult and expensive," Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| The Houston Chronicle, "Feds set to release gulf restoration plan," Sunday, December 4, 2011 |
| The Commercial Appeal, Op-ed/Special to Viewpoint, "Nation needs a fresh view of its rivers," Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| Tulane New Wave, "Art Looks Through Water," Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
 USA Today, "Flood-piled silt poses shipping threat along Mississippi," Thursday, June 9, 2011 |
| Tulane New Wave, "One River, Two Floods," Friday, June 3, 2011
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| NPR affiliate WWNO, "Flood Stage 2011: The Rising Mississippi," Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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| WWL TV: Sunday Edition, "Rising River Levels," Monday, May 16, 2011
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| CNN, "Historic Opening of Spillway," Saturday, May 14, 2011 |
| Levees Not War,
"New Orleans Is Most Likely Safe from River Flooding," Thursday, May 12, 2011
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| Fox 8 News, "Geological Impact of Morganza Spillway opening," Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
| Times-Picayune, "President Obama's State of the Union address will focus on jobs," Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Time, Time Frames, "Katrina: A Man-Made Disaster," Wednesday, November 24, 2010 |
| Los Angeles Times, "Oil spill penalties should go to Gulf Coast, advisors say," Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
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Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, "Panel calls for spending BP penalty money on restoring Gulf Coast," Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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| Reuters, "Why the coast is key to the survival of New Orleans," Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Times-Picayune, "Extent of oil spills from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is still being assessed," Thursday, August 19, 2010
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| Tulane New Wave, "Katrina + 5: Recovery to Transformation," Friday, August 13, 2010
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| The Times-Picayune, "Sandra Bullock continues in Women of the Storm's Restore the Gulf campaign," Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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| WWSB ABC 7 (Sarasota), "BP tries to limit release of oil spill research," Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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| Times-Picayune, "Finally some good news for Louisiana and its disappearing coast," Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| Town Talk (Alexandria), "Feds work to put price tag on spill damage," Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| Bismarck Tribune, "BP tries to limit release of oil spill research," Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| WBUR (Boston) (NPR), "A Love-Hate History: Oil And Fishing In The Gulf," Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| Times-Picayune, "Bayou Trepagnier cleanup to begin next year," Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| Baton Rouge Business Report, "Stress test," Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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| Tulane New Wave, "Moment of Truth," Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| NPR: All Things Considered, Interview [5 min 11 sec], "Oil Industry: Integral To Louisiana Culture And Economy For Decades," Friday, June 18, 2010
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| New York Times, "Efforts to Repel Gulf Oil Spill Are Described as Chaotic," Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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| WILL-AM 580: Illinois Public Radio, Interview, "Regulatory Issues in the Gulf Oil Spill: Who Failed? When? Where Do We Go from Here?" Monday, June 14, 2010
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| Tri-Parish Times, "Washington's 'roadmap' lacks a clear pathway," Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| USA Today, "Oil-containment effort's success hard to gauge," Friday, May 7, 2010 |
| The Times-Picayune, "Safety fluid was removed before oil rig exploded in Gulf,"
Thursday, May 06, 2010
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| Cleveland.com, "Gulf of Mexico oil spill may damage seafood industry for years," Monday, May 3, 2010 |
| Times-Picayune, "Louisiana fishers fear lasting damage to livelihoods from Gulf oil spill," Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| CBN News, "Oil Spill Reaches La. Coast, Threatens Ecosystem," Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| USA Today, "Coast Guard to burn off spilled oil," Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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| ABC News, Interview (1:42/ 2:05),
"Oil Rig Clean up Begins,"
Friday, April 23, 2010
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| Tri-Parish Times, "Washington's 'roadmap' lacks a clear pathway," Monday, April 5, 2010 |
| Daily World, "Coastal 'roadmap' a needed step," Monday, March 8, 2010
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| Tallahassee.com, "Sue Gross: Promise of drilling jobs is an empty one," Friday, March 5, 2010 |
| The Houston Chronicle, "Obama lays out 'roadmap' to restore Gulf Coast," Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
| Southeast Missourian, "Katrina ruling could bring deluge of lawsuits,"
Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| Christian Science Monitor, "Army Corps liable for Katrina damage, US court finds," Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| AP, USA Today, Green Wire: Interviews on the MRGO decision handed down [Wednesday, November 11, 2009] |
| the Advocate, Baton Rouge, "Panel: Gulf, river interdependent," Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| FOX 8 Live, WVUE-TV New Orleans, "Ocean task force looks onshore," Monday, October 19, 2009 |
| USA Today, "Several Louisiana hurricane projects lag," Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| Washington Post, "Gulf Waters Imperil Tribes' Way of Life In Louisiana Bayous As Wetlands Shrink, Oil and Gas Jobs Replace Farming, Fishing and Trapping," Monday, July 20, 2009
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| NPR, "'Mr. Go' Trial Tests U.S. Liability For NOLA Flooding," Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| The Christian Science Monitor, "'First real trial' about Katrina under way:
A lawsuit claiming that the Army Corps of Engineers made the flooding worse starts today," April 20, 2009 edition
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| New Orleans CityBusiness, "Army still working on panel to supervise corps' coastal work," Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
| The American Prospect, "NAPOLITANO MISSES ESSENCE OF NEW ORLEANS PROBLEM," Monday, March 30, 2009 |
| The Times-Picayune, "Coastal restoration advocate King Milling wins T-P Loving Cup," Saturday, March 21, 2009 |
| Times-Picayune, "Corps releases Category 5 hurricane protection study, but document contains no action plan," Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| Daily Reveille, "Planning needed for state?s flood protection systems," Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| Times-Picayune: Point of View, "Rebuilding coast requires hard choices," Saturday, November 29, 2008 |
| Gambit Weekly, "Waiting for the Go: Louisiana is poised to become a leader in environmental restoration ? so why aren't the state and federal governments coming up with policies and money to make it happen?" Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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| USA Today, "Coastal rebuilding awash in debate," Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
| A Political Wind
Gambit Weekly, "Bolstered by the gusts of hurricanes past, Gustav is sending another surge of change across Louisiana's political landscape," Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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| Chicago Tribune, "La. losing ground in fight against storms: Loss of protective buffer of marshland muck?eaten away by the dredging of waterways and cutting of canals?leaves parishes vulnerable to devastation," Sunday, September 7, 2008
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| The Times-Picayune, " 'Close call' Gustav could delay future storm protection," Saturday September 06, 2008 |
| [interview with] EarthBeat Radio, "Hurricanes Hitting the Gulf," Tuesday, September 2, 2008 |
| The Times-Picayune, "River states can work together to rebuild coast," Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| USA Today, "Worth the risk? Debate on offshore drilling heats up," Sunday, July 13, 2008 |
| Houmatoday.com, "Funding squeeze puts La. levee building at risk," Tuesday, July 1, 2008 |
| CNN.com, "Giving Louisiana's wetlands a fighting chance," Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| USA Today, "Time, money press La. storm project," Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
| The Times-Picayune, "Freshwater diversion plans delayed," Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| The Times Picayune, "Motiva to spend $10 million to clean up polluted bayou: Lake Pontchartrain may share in benefits," Friday, February 15, 2008
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| The Associated Press, "Dismissed Katrina levee suit may be harbinger for other cities," Thursday, January 31 2008
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| Times Picayune, "Corps will close the MrGO sooner than expected," December 19, 2007 |
| The Associated Press, "Water bill benefits hurricane-hit Louisiana,"
November 8, 2007
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| In These Times, "Scorned on the Bayou: Louisianans fear a new plan to restore costal wetlands could destroy their way of life," September 5, 2007 |
| The Times-Picayune, "New Dance: The New Orleans ‘Slow Down’", May 14, 2007 |
| The Times-Picayune, "New Dance: The New Orleans 'slow down,'" April 30, 2007 |
| The Times-Picayune, "cutting red tape: Lengthy approval process holds back coastal restoration in Louisiana," April 22, 2007 |
| The Times Picayune, "White House opposes Morganza levee project," April 11, 2007 |
| TIME magazine, "On the Front Lines Of Climate Change," March 30, 2007 |
| The Times Picayune, "LAYING THE GROUNDWORK: Success stories like the Atchafalaya River Basin hold the promise of restoring lost wetlands," March 06, 2007 |
| The Times Picayune, “Last chance Day 2: Losing ground,” March 5, 2007 |
| The Times-Picayune, “Where immunity comes from: Will sweeping coastal restoration projects make us more vulnerable to bad government decisions?” February 26, 2007 |
| The Associated Press, "Mark Davis leaving Coastal Coalition for new Tulane post," December 4, 2006 |
| The Times-Picayune, "Lawyer tapped to lead Tulane's water resources law institute: Focus will be on post-storm challenges," Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| New Orleans CityBusiness, "WRDA override lacks funds," Monday, November 12, 2007
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| Newhouse News Service, "Last Chance: Louisiana Loses Ground In Fight Against Vanishing Coastline," Wednesday March 07, 2007
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