Anyone from the Web can use this, without any money down. There is only a charge if it's used. |
Congress hadn't planned on providing funds to resolve all the scientific uncertainties this year, ... But if we don't want to see a repeat of this disaster, the restorations we thought might take decades must now be completed in years. |
Congress hadn't planned on providing funds to resolve all the scientific uncertainties this year. But if we don't want to see a repeat of this disaster, the restorations we thought might take decades must now be completed in years. |
It would be tragic if we rebuilt New Orleans and left if no safer than it was two weeks ago. |
New Orleans will not be safe from another disaster like hurricane Katrina unless we begin to restore this natural hurricane buffer. |
Recreation produces better economic benefits than barge traffic. |
There are a number of barrier island and water diversions projects that are clearly ready to be built today. |
This is the first major test of the new-found environmental ethic of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It should be a simple decision politically and scientifically. |
We can use diversion structures to redirect sediment (coming down the river) that is now going off the continental shelf, |
We can use diversion structures to redirect sediment (coming down the river) that is now going off the continental shelf. |
We kind of act as a trusty secretary, helping to set up these calls. |
We should let the people of the Northwest decide the fate of Snake River salmon. This resolution is designed to take dam removal off the table before the public has a chance to weigh in. The Corps of Engineers is just about to release its five-year, $20 million study, but this resolution is trying to prejudge what should be a public decision. |
We spend billions of dollars on projects with very little merit that serve primarily local interests. |
We're selling intellectual capital through time. |
We're talking about 22 legislators who are having a four-course meal while more than 400 others are dining on table scraps. This should be a wake-up call to legislators in the Northeast, Florida and the Southwest. |