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...Usually, Congress passes a water bill every two years. But in 2000, the Corps got caught skewing an economic analysis to justify a $1 billion expansion of navigation locks on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers; its leaders even launched a secret "Program Growth Initiative? designed to lard their budget with big projects. Several independent investigations found evidence of deep systemic problems at the agency, and Senators Russell Feingold and John McCain have held up WRDA ever since, vowing not to let any more water pork through the Senate unless Congress agreed to allow independent reviews of Corps projects...
Touch screen technology doesn't suit everyone, of course. Administrators of the majestic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baton Rouge, a presence on the Mississippi River bank since 1792, considered installing kiosks The Roman Catholic cathedral attracts many visitors, but the doors are often open when no employees are there, says Mark Blanchard, Stewardship Director for the diocese. "Many people do want to make donations," he said...
...calamitous cause and effect: hundreds of millions of tons of agricultural waste, mostly fertilizer, run off the fields and feedlots of the American heartland into the many tributaries of the Mississippi River. The nutrients end up in the Gulf of Mexico, where they trigger a massive algae bloom, which in turn depletes nearly all the oxygen in the water. The result is a massive die-off of marine life, notably shrimp and shellfish. This summer's dead zone is projected to be the biggest ever. [This article contains a map. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] [This article contains a chart...
...bloody noses started almost immediately. Paul Stewart, a former police officer and first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, completely lost his home when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. That December, the Federal Emergency and Management Agency (FEMA) gave Stewart and his wife a trailer to live in. The first night they slept in it, she woke up with blood coming out of her nose. Then he started developing troubling respiratory symptoms - burning eyes, coughing, a constantly scratchy throat. One morning, they awoke to find CiCi, their pet cockatiel, half-dead. All the symptoms pointed to formaldehyde...
...Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, FEMA doled out over 120,000 mobile homes to residents of the Gulf Coast. Many of those trailers have walls and cabinets made up of particleboard, which contains formaldehyde that can sometimes emit gas in hot, humid weather such as that found in Louisiana and Mississippi. The effect on humans (especially children) range from "burning sensations in the eyes, nose, and throat; nausea; coughing; chest tightness; wheezing; skin rashes and allergic reactions." As early as March 2006, FEMA began to receive complaints about formaldehyde odors. After one trailer was tested, an April 2006 e-mail sent...