A company that intends to measure how much carbon the Mississippi Delta wetlands absorb won $50,000 in seed funding Monday at the 2012 Water Challenge.
New Orleans-based Tierra Resources won the money after finishing first in the startup pitch competition… Continue reading
BY: Jennifer Larino, Staff Writer
Jimmy Delery, a fourth-generation owner of more than 10,000 acres of coastal wetlands in south Louisiana, has had a front row seat to the changing coastline since he started hunting with his father 50 years… Continue readingBy Brian Jackson and Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund
When society asks who will pay for Louisiana wetlands restoration, people usually think of government or big oil. While both have a huge role, recent developments suggest there may soon… Continue reading
By Mark Schleifstein
A team of Louisiana scientists is laying the groundwork for creating a new carbon storage industry that could both reduce the effects of global warming and rebuild wetlands along the state’s coastline. Sarah Mack,… Continue reading
(Thursday, January 26, 2012)
Allison Winter, E&E reporter
A new program in Louisiana could bring in billions of dollars of private financing to restore disappearing wetlands along the Gulf Coast. The program would create the first-ever carbon offset… Continue reading
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