New: swamplifeAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959hive-180932steemhive-166405hive-185836photographyuncommonlabbitcoinhive-150122hive-144064hive-183397hive-188619hive-145157lifehive-124908hive-109690hive-139150krsuccesshive-101145hive-184714hive-150943TrendingNewHotLikersonthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoNurdle spill cleanup is 'too little, too late' as plastic pellets continue to spread, gather in drifts“It’s been deeply disturbing,” Katie Rompf, a Loyola research assistant, said Friday. “It breaks my heart thinking about birds eating these and dying, and that this can affect the whole…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoLouisiana moves two mobile air monitoring labs to Lake CharlesLake Charles and nearby Westlake, Sulphur and Mossville are home to dozens of petrochemical plants, refineries, and oil and gas production facilities. Interesting article about help that is on…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoCorps aims to spend $2 billion on higher levees, stronger floodwalls along Mississippi RiverThe Louisiana parts of the upgrades, which are aimed at both sides of the river, would include more than 140 miles of levee lifts of as much as 3 feet, with most between 1 and 2 feet, and the…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoJudge dismisses Taylor Energy lawsuit against company cleaning up its oil leakCouvillion built an underwater catchment system and installed it in April 2019. The system recovered about 400,000 gallons in its first year in operation. That's equal to about four oil spills the…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoChlorine, other chemicals detected near Hurricane Laura-damaged chemical plant, EPA saysOf the nine locations where chlorine was detected, an EPA summary of the first-day monitoring effort said the chemical was present at levels that might violate federal limits at two. Interesting…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoA Lake Charles family survived Laura's destruction. They died hours later from generator fumes.The family had set up a generator in the garage, but the fumes later seeped through an open door and filled the home with carbon monoxide, according to authorities and relatives. Sad article…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoDevelopers, residents at odds over proposed landfill's impact on St. Tammany ParishThey see the location, on the headwaters of Bayou Lacombe, as environmentally sensitive and fear that a landfill — even one that only takes construction and demolition debris — could pollute the…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoThe EPA will stop monitoring chloroprene near controversial St. John Parish plant at year's endResidents suspect the plant's emissions are making them sick. Last August, the state announced it would go door to door to count the number of residents within a 2.5-kilometer radius of the plant…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoMore than 1,400 oil wells were in Laura's path, but spills and other damage may not be known for days“I have a lump in my throat thinking about them,” said Bob Bea, a specialist in catastrophic risk management and former well manager for Shell. “I’m not at all confident these systems will, when hit…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoLake Charles begins Hurricane Laura recovery without power and reliable waterAs of Friday morning, there were 543,000 homes without power across Louisiana. Another 209,000 residents were affected by water outages caused by the storm. Interesting article about how the…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoHurricane Laura-damaged chemical plant near Lake Charles continues into 2nd dayThe blaze at the BioLab Inc. chlorine production facility in Westlake was temporarily extinguished Thursday afternoon, several hours after the storm passed, but leapt back to life during the…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoIs this the most powerful storm to ever hit Louisiana?At that wind speed, Laura has overtaken 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the Louisiana coast, easily outdistancing Hurricanes Rita of 2005, Ike of 2008 and Audrey…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoFlooded roads from Hurricane Laura could cut off Grand Isle and Port Fourchon for daysPort Fourchon, the service hub for most of the offshore oil and gas production in the northern Gulf of Mexico, is facing what could be its longest closure ever. Interesting article about the…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoLaura's 13-foot surge threat forces widespread evacuations on southwest Louisiana coast"Catastrophic life-threatening flooding is expected, and between the combination of storm surge flooding and the rainfall -- which is expected to be between 5 and 10 inches with up to 15 inches…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years ago'Like Band-Aids on a major cut': State uses sand sacks to protect Grand Isle's shredded leveeThe levee’s failure could cut the island in two, damage dozens of buildings and businesses and cause widespread flooding, said Camardelle. Interesting article about the ongoing battle to save…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoCould Louisiana alligator blood be a cure for snake bites? This study explains howAlligator blood has been found to have other beneficial properties. Louisiana scientists discovered more a decade ago that alligator blood can kill some strains of bacteria, including ones that…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoNew Orleans levees are in the best shape ever. Experts say it's not enough.Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina exposed the New Orleans area's levee system as a "system in name only," its redesign and reconstruction — at a cost of $14.6 billion Interesting article…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoA Marco-Laura one-two punch: Louisiana preps for back-to-back hurricane blows on Gulf Coast“At least in modern meteorological history ... there has never been anything we’ve seen like this before,” Schott said. Interesting article about the possibility of two hurricanes hitting…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoWith cleanup stalled for weeks, group of volunteers tackles New Orleans nurdle spill on their ownFynaardt knows the plastic they’ve collected is only a tiny fraction of the mess. But each nurdle she drops in her bucket is potentially one less nurdle causing trouble in the belly of a fish…onthehook8 (72)in vitalife • 4 years agoGov. John Bel Edwards commits to 25-28% emissions cut by 2025, 'net zero' in Louisiana by 2050Louisiana’s emissions come from a variety of sources, including production of oil and gas at wells, the use of oil and gas as fuel and in refineries and petrochemical manufacturing, and from car…
