http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/07/making-room-for-rivers-a-different-approach-to-flood-control/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/07/making-room-for-rivers-a-different-approach-to-flood-control/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:19:43 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15311 Over time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal engineering and construction agency, has spent over $123 billion on flood control infrastructure that hasn’t always adequately protected us. Now, with the devastation of the spring floods in the Midwest, some are calling for a new approach to flood control that makes room for our rivers.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/07/making-room-for-rivers-a-different-approach-to-flood-control/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/20/southern-louisianas-vanishing-act/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/20/southern-louisianas-vanishing-act/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:00:18 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13761 Louisiana's wetlands -- the largest system in the United States -- are shrinking at an alarming rate.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/20/southern-louisianas-vanishing-act/feed/ 3