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Category: Geoengineering
Geoengineering Resources
Geoengineering tag cloud Holahan, R. & Kashwan, P., 2019. Disentangling the rhetoric of public goods from their externalities: The case of climate engineering. Global Transitions, 1, pp.132–140. McLaren, D. et al., 2016. Public conceptions of justice in climate engineering: Evidence…
URS – The Direct Impact of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet on Hurricane Storm Surge
This post has materials that explain why the MRGO did not increase the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
Levees – Resources from Other Blogs
Levees and the illusion of flood control
The Mississippi River Delta Cycle and Coastal Restoration
Click here – Video of a presentation by Prof. Edward Richards to the LSU Mineral Law Institute on the delta cycle and the coastal erosion lawsuit. (1.3gb file – works best if you download it before playing. Otherwise it…
Environmental Research Web – Geoengineering
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/subject/tag=geoengineering
Focus on Climate Engineering: Intentional Intervention in the Climate System
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/4/4/045101;jsessionid=625A3B85BB9B43FA186F913679972043.c3 INTRODUCTION Part of Focus on Climate Engineering: Intentional Intervention in the Climate System Geoengineering techniques for countering climate change have been receiving much press recently as a `Plan B’ if a global deal to tackle climate change is not agreed…
Breaking The Golden Rule: Judicial Review of Federal Water Project Planning
Oliver A. Houck, Breaking The Golden Rule: Judicial Review of Federal Water Project Planning, 65 Rutgers Law Review 1-57 (2012) From the Abstract The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the oldest institutions of the federal government, and…
Public Relations for Diversions 101
Answering 10 Fundamental Questions about the Mississippi River Delta (original link) This is one of many reports advocating for river diversions. The basic claim is simple: Diversions will have impacts on vegetation, particularly on the distribution of some plant species. However,…
West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Study
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/About/Projects/WestShoreLakePontchartrain.aspx This is levee system will protect I-10 as it enters New Orleans from the west. Appendix A has useful information from Fish and Wildlife about endangered species in Louisiana and how the proposed levee will adversely impact them. West…
Geoengineering the climate – Science governance and uncertainty
Geoengineering the climate – Science, governance and uncertainty Shepherd, JG. Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty. Royal Society, 2009. The continuing rise in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is driving…
The Pontchartrain Levee District Progress Report – 2012
The Pontchartrain Levee District Progress Report – 2012 From the Report: The Pontchartrain Levee District (PLD) is the local sponsor for the projects referenced herein. Currently, there are projects in each of the six parishes comprising the PLD’s jurisdiction. As…
CRS – Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects
CRS – Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects: Selected Legal Issues, June 7, 2011 (RL34131) Summary Over the past century, the federal government has undertaken a number of civil works projects to prevent widespread damage from flooding…
A Dutch perspective on coastal Louisiana flood risk
This is an interesting report commissioned by the United States Army’s London office. It assumes 2 feet of ocean rise over the next 100 years, and while it mentions subsidence, it does change its calculations based on subsidence in Louisiana.…
The Regulation of Geoengineering – HC 5th Report
Rayner, S., Redgwell, C., Savulescu, J., Pidgeon, N. & Kruger, T. in The Regulation of Geoengineering: Fifth Report of the Session 2009–10 HC 221 (House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, 2010) – original link
Projected Lower Mississippi Flood Crests
These estimates came out 16 May 2011, and are based on partial opening of the Morganza floodway.
https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/climate/floods/USACE_lowermiss_crest_map.pdf
Ocean Rise in New York State
New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force, Report to the Legislature, December 2010.
The communities along New York State’s coastline, including their structures, their residents, their environment and the surrounding natural resources, are products of decisions made over the course of many years. These decisions shaped decades of investment, development and conservation. While the extent of the impacts to coastal communities from a rising sea are not fully known, even the most conservative projections make clear that there will be dramatic changes in this century.[…]
Blowing the Mississippi Levee – 2011
This post reviews the ongoing legal issues in the blowing of the levee at Birds Point. While the levee has not been blown since 1937, this was also litigated in 1984.
ASCE – The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why
“On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck southeast Louisiana and triggered what would become one of the worst disasters ever to befall an American city. The devastation was so extensive, and the residual risk looms so ominous,…
Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City
Program by the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York City Metropolitan chapter, on the use of hardened protections against storm surges and ocean rise.