Difference between revisions of "Floodgates for New Orleans"
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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>}} |
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| + | {{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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Revision as of 14:12, June 18, 2008
Floodgates were planned for New Orleans to curtail flood damage from hurricanes.
“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.[1]
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." [1]