Nearly half the bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay tested in mid-2011 to assess natural resources' damage in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill were in "guarded or worse" condition, ...

The U.S. Coast Guard today is investigating two reports of oil in Barataria Bay, including one near Bay Jimmy that was reported by officials with a shoreline assessment team for the joint federal and ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. — A possible oil spill in Barataria Bay was caught on video. The video sent to us by Adam Songy, shows what appears to be oil spewing out of two wellheads and into the water.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The head of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) assured lawmakers that funds allocated to the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Bay diversion project would not ...

It’s not just the price of gasoline and eggs and everything else that is going up: Construction costs are also rising, and Louisiana’s marquee coastal project is no exception. Like more than half a ...

BARATARIA BAY, La. -- Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot images of dying pelicans coated in oil ...

Gordon Dove, board chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, just killed the Barataria diversion project. He seems to know more than all the experts and scientists who approve it.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hundreds of people gathered Thurs., Aug. 10 to mark the initiation of Louisiana’s most extensive coastal project endeavor as construction begins for the Mid-Barataria Diversion ...

Supporters of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project took to the State Capitol steps Monday afternoon, urging state leaders to advance the stalled coastal restoration project. The Mid-Barataria ...

For several years, AWI has opposed a project to divert fresh sediment-rich river water into Barataria Bay in an effort to restore Mississippi River Delta land lost to erosion. Delta restoration is a ...