New Orleans will not be safe from another disaster like hurricane Katrina unless we begin to restore this natural hurricane buffer.
We kind of act as a trusty secretary, helping to set up these calls.
It would be tragic if we rebuilt New Orleans and left if no safer than it was two weeks ago.
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'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.
What he said was incredibly encouraging, but I'm not counting any chickens yet.
We spend billions of dollars on projects with very little merit that serve primarily local interests.
There are a number of barrier island and water diversions projects that are clearly ready to be built today.
Recreation produces better economic benefits than barge traffic.
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.
