Mike Smith
@mikejsmith504.bsky.social
Environmental reporter/editor for @NOLAnews. Ex Jerusalem, Lagos, etc for @AFP. Author of Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War. Runner
Are Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts working? New data provides answers. www.nola.com/news/environ... via @mikejsmith504.bsky.social #lalege
Are Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts working? New data provides answers.
The first-of-its-kind assessment gauges the effects of four decades of restoration projects. What does the city of Denver have to do with it?
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Great article on conflicts in development of offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico by @mikejsmith504.bsky.social, part of @nolanews.bsky.social Sea of Troubles series. Features my high-school classmate, seafood dealer Harlon Pearce. Where y'at, man. Gift link: www.nola.com/news/busines...
Are fish farms the future of Gulf seafood? The stakes are high for Louisiana.
Aquaculture experiments are emerging in the Gulf and prompting intense debate. For Louisiana and its seafood industry and culture, the stakes are enormous.
nola.com
Louisiana wants to raise homes to deal with flood risk. A federal decision is complicating it. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @mikejsmith504.bsky.social #lalege
Louisiana wants to raise homes to deal with flood risk. A federal decision is complicating it.
Home elevations are viewed as a tool in areas of Louisiana where building large levee projects may not be feasible or cost-effective.
theadvocate.com
The water has to go somewhere: complex tradeoffs in managing the distribution of high discharges of the Mississippi River with flood protection, navigation and oysters. @mikejsmith504.bsky.social Gift 🔗 www.nola.com/news/environ...
This Mississippi River spillway protects New Orleans from flooding. But is there a better way?
More frequent spillway openings, including a record-setting deluge of water in 2019, have killed off oyster reefs, fueled harmful algae blooms and badly hurt tourism in neighboring Mississippi.
nola.com
Louisiana legislature questions Gov. Landry's abandonment of science-based sediment diversions from river to sustain wetlands over long run in favor of just building temporary walls to stem encroachment. @mikejsmith504.bsky.social www.nola.com/news/environ...
Louisiana's $1.5 billion coastal plan hits delay in legislature. Advocates want answers.
The delay is the latest turn in a long-running controversy surrounding Gov. Jeff Landry's move to cancel major plans to divert river sediment to rebuild lost wetlands.
nola.com
Compelling example of the value of long-term environmental observations. CRMS monitoring of wetlands over 20 years at 390 sites across coastal Louisiana. Story by @mikejsmith504.bsky.social. Guest 🔗 www.nola.com/news/environ...
A project unique worldwide is unlocking mysteries of Louisiana's marsh. 'Really fascinating.'
The project is now in its 20th year of operation, stretching from the chenier plains of the state’s southwest to the sinking soils at the Mississippi’s mouth.
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Insightful article @mikejsmith504.bsky.social on the challenges in operating flood-protection spillways along the lower Mississippi River as the climate changes. Guest link: www.nola.com/news/environ...
Mississippi River spillways have kept Louisiana dry and safe. That may no longer be enough.
The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list of concerns are converging, particularly involving the Mississippi Gulf Co...
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What does Trump's 'big bill' have to do with Louisiana coastal protection? A provision contained in the bill would increase the amount of money Louisiana receives from offshore oil and gas production www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @mikejsmith504.bsky.social #lalege
What does Trump's 'big bill' have to do with Louisiana coastal protection? Here's why it could mean more money.
A little-known change in offshore revenue marks a victory for Louisiana.
theadvocate.com
Breaking News: The sprawling tax and health care bill that Senate Republicans are trying to pass would add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt over a decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated.
Senate Bill Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
A new analysis showing the legislation would be far more expensive than the House version could complicate its chances of final passage in that chamber, where fiscal hawks have said the cost must not grow.
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15 years today since BP Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, and we're back to "drill, baby, drill" with lax regulations. Meanwhile, research @lumcon.bsky.social demonstrates lasting effects on salt marshes. @mikejsmith504.bsky.social Read this free link. www.nola.com/news/busines...
Deepwater Horizon oil disaster's effects still being revealed 15 years later along Louisiana coast
April 20 marks the 15th anniversary marks the 15th anniversary of the worst spill of its kind on record. Louisiana marshes were heavily impacted.
nola.com
Here’s @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social’s 2023 profile of Gen. Mark Milley—after The Atlantic published this, Trump floated the idea of executing Milley. If you want to understand why Biden preemptively pardoned Milley, read this: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Patriot
How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump
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“An attitude that ‘the show must go on’ isn’t surprising. Still, it left some New Orleanians expressing a long-standing sorrow that what’s good for the people who visit this city is always prioritized over what’s good for the people who call it home.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
After New Year's Day terrorist attack, New Orleans tries to balance tourism and grief
Less than 36 hours after Wednesday’s attack and before we knew the names of all of the victims, New Orleans reopened Bourbon Street to pedestrians.
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"If his ISIS links turn out to be less real than he portrayed them, he would follow in a line of attackers who have cloaked themselves in the flag of extremist groups, but who have acted independently, often plagued by personal issues." Via @mikejsmith504.bsky.social www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Bourbon Street assailant claimed ISIS link, but attack also fits lone wolf pattern
If his ISIS links turn out to be less real than he portrayed them, he would follow in a line of attackers who have cloaked themselves in the flag of extremist groups, but who have acted independently.
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Willie Green doing his best coaching job yet. Tanking while not making it look too obvious. Alvin Gentry-esque in its brilliance. Go get that draft pick, Willie.
Mind-blowing scoop by my colleagues, this. I can't believe that you would voluntarily reveal that a campaign you were a senior member of made decisions in this way: www.ft.com/content/9292...
FROM SHAMS: Another injury blow to New Orleans: Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado is expected to miss six weeks due to a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN. New Orleans is now without Alvarado, Zion Williamson, Herb Jones, Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum and Jordan Hawkins. https://t.co/8BLBGBTM3W
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FROM SHAMS: Another injury blow to New Orleans: Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado is expected to miss six weeks due to a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN. New Orleans is now without Alvarado, Zion Williamson, Herb Jones, Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum and Jordan Hawkins. https://t.co/8BLBGBTM3W
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