Latest Mississippi River Delta News: January 15, 2013

Global warming is swamping us: Bob Marshall
By Bob Marshall for The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). January 13, 2013.
“The South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East recently received a highly anticipated report on the future of the East Land Bridge — that strip of marsh and ridge line between Chef and Rigolets passes that serves as the roadbed for U.S. 90…” (Read more)

Gulf Oil Spill Case: Buddy Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General, Has Already Spent Nearly $24 Million
By Melinda Deslatte and Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press. January 14, 2013.
“BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s attorney general has spent nearly $24 million building the state’s legal case against BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with much of the money paid to outside law firms that have contributed to his campaigns…” (Read more)