The volume of water in the Mississippi River ... USACE starting construction on underwater saltwater barrier CHECK OUT ...

He said the parish has already distributed more than 1.5 million gallons of water. To slow the progression of saltwater into the river, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed an underwater ...

The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, which focuses on advocacy and awareness ... Taya Fontenette, project lead for the survey, said there were barriers that made it difficult for low-income ...

Focusing on designing low-carbon housing and infrastructure in varied environments, the project will target issues as diverse ...

“Water had already begun to breach the ... The same company helped design a $1.1 billion, two-mile-long barrier that protected New Orleans from a 13.6-foot storm surge last summer, when ...

New Orleans's government offices, police and fire stations, pools and libraries are in a state of disrepair. The problems aren’t because of a lack of money.

Dubbed the city of water, Venice has long been revered for ... Institute of Technology analyzing subsidence in and around New Orleans through NASA airborne radar shows parts of the city are ...

That barrier can withstand up to 15 feet of ... into reservoirs and green roofs that can slow down the influx of water. In ...

Louisiana is just putting its toe in the water of offshore-based wind energy development, but any revenue such projects ...

Global warming is making storms more severe because warmer air holds more water ... ring around New Orleans. The United States is also looking at building 12 movable sea barriers to protect ...

Virginia Hanusik’s new photo book, Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana, aims to ...

In a powerful discussion on Equity in Focus, Kevin E. Hooks sits down with Patrick Young, a man whose life embodies ...