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Floodgates were planned for [[New Orleans]] to curtail flood damage from hurricanes.

Floodgates were planned for [[New Orleans]] to curtail flood damage from hurricanes.

{{quotebox|“The floodgates would have blocked the flow of water from the [[Gulf of Mexico]], through [[Lake Borgne]], through the Rigolets [and Chef Mentuer] into [[Lake Pontchartrain]],” declared Professor Gregory Stone, the James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor and Director of the Coastal Studies Institute of Louisiana State University.<ref> [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=3C240039-FEA6-49D2-A5C5-6C41CF9263A8 New Orleans: A Green Genocide]</ref>}}

{{quotebox|“The floodgates would have blocked the flow of water from the [[Gulf of Mexico]], through [[Lake Borgne]], through the Rigolets [and Chef Mentuer] into [[Lake Pontchartrain]],” declared Professor Gregory Stone, the James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor and Director of the Coastal Studies Institute of Louisiana State University.<ref name=stone> [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=3C240039-FEA6-49D2-A5C5-6C41CF9263A8 New Orleans: A Green Genocide]</ref>}}

 

{{quotebox|The ''Times-Picayune'' wrote, "Those plans were abandoned after [[environmental advocates]] successfully sued to stop the projects as too damaging to the [[wetlands]] and the lake's [[eco-system]]." <ref name=stone/> }}

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