Saints General Manager Mikey Loomis took questions from reporters in Paris today and of course he was asked about Owner Gayle Benson’s critical comments regarding the slow start to the season. Loomis says this is a young team and they are still learning how to win…
The Saints are two and four and will face Pittsburgh in Paris on Sunday.
The Federal Aviation Administration is taking public comments through Monday on Space X’s proposed rocket launch site in coastal Vermilion Parish. The Louisiana Wildlife Federation executive director Rebecca Triche says they are urging the F-A-A to consider the impacts of coastal land loss and shoreline stability…
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Space X has said they will operate under required environmental rules.
A new study has found that the number of deep-water creatures in the Gulf dropped about 60-percent in the years following the 2010 B-P Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, and populations have still not recovered. Nova Southeastern University biological oceanographer Tracey Sutton was the lead author of the study and says these animals in the “twilight zone” above the seafloor are a critical food source in the ocean ecosystem.
Sutton says deep-water predators like the dragon fish have suffered severe population losses because of this.
It’s dry in Louisiana and according to the U-S Drought Monitor, about 45-percent of the United States is suffering from drought conditions. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says this could lead to even higher food prices, because farmers turn to irrigation to water their crops…
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