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There is no debate about the reality of that land loss and its impact. On that the energy industry and environmentalists agree. There is also no doubt about the solution. Chip Groat, a former director of the U.S. Geological Survey, says, "This land loss can be managed, and New Orleans can be protected, even with projected sea-level rise." Category 5 hurricane protection for the region, including coastal restoration, storm-surge barriers and improved levees, would cost about $40 billion--over 30 years. Compare that with the cost to the economy of less international competitiveness (the result of increased freight...
...Groat received his doctorate in linguistics from Harvard in 1997. A book of his, titled A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations, was published by Oxford University Press earlier this month...
Lafler said he and Groat began recording together two years...
Baby Ray was born about a year ago when drummer Logus and bassplayer Simonoff joined Groat and Lafler, whosing and play guitar on the album...
Logus previously played drums for thewell-known Boston band the Barnies, and Groat iscurrently still a mandolin-playing member ofWillard Grand Conspiracy. Though Willard sells outlarge venues in Europe, Groat does not travel withthe band because of his teaching obligations...