Alex Lubben
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- Sep 18, 2026
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'This is an existential situation': New Orleans to begin studying improvements to levee system (opens the original)
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A long-discussed study to evaluate strengthening the regional levee system to provide additional storm surge protection for the New Orleans area cleared a near-final hurdle on Thursday and is expected to kick off within months, though all funding is not yet in place. The $3 million, three-year study will examine what it would take to reduce the risk of flooding during a so-called 200-year storm, or one that has an estimated 0.5% likelihood of taking place in any particular year. The levee system
Can SpaceX's massive Louisiana spaceport benefit coastal restoration? It's a high-stakes question. (opens the original)
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A plan to build what may be the worldâs largest spaceport would be supremely ambitious for any location. But in the marshes of south Louisiana, where a football field of land disappears every 100 minutes, Elon Muskâs grand vision for SpaceX will be confronted with unique challenges. On top of the technical considerations of building what Musk calls Starbase Louisiana near Pecan Island, coastal restoration groups will be watching closely to see how the project fits into the stateâs long st
Hunting leakers, New Orleans flood agency spent $23,000 on a probe and swept offices for bugs (opens the original)
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A New Orleans-area flood protection agency spent $23,000 investigating whether an employee improperly accessed emails and hired a private investigator to sweep its offices for listening devices, as its leaders sought to clamp down on leaks to local media, internal documents show. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-Eastâs regional director, Jeff Williams, also initiated a criminal investigation into information technology specialist Kevin Kazmierczak, which found no probable ca
Price tag for new Industrial Canal lock in New Orleans hits $5.2 billion as project advances (opens the original)
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has advanced a proposal to replace the lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, moving a controversial project that has been under consideration for decades one step closer to reality. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle has closed out the environmental review process for the lock project, officially called the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock Replacement project, and selected the final version of the plan from a set of options that t
Elon Musk's plan for the world's largest spaceport in Louisiana is now official. Can he deliver? (opens the original)
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SpaceX's plan to build what it calls the world's largest spaceport on Louisiana's coast is stunning in its ambition, but questions remain over the timeline, potential litigation, permitting and whether Elon Musk can achieve his lofty goals. If Musk accomplishes what he has set out to do, the new spaceport along an eroding stretch of coastline in Vermilion Parish will represent one of the largest and fastest expansions of space launch capacity in the history of spaceflight. In his announcement o
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