Governor Edwards announces plans to spend a billion dollars a year building and restoring the coast over the next four years. Edwards’s ambitious coastal restoration plan also calls for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Restore the Mississippi River Delta campaign director Steve Cochran says if the world can begin reducing it’s greenhouse gas emissions we could begin reversing the effects of coastal land loss.
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The Climate Initiatives Taskforce has been formed to develop proposals to reduce emissions.

Cleco customers will see a drop on their power bill starting in March with the removal of the storm restoration fee…
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That’s Cleco spokesperson Jennifer Cahill, who says customers have been paying the fee for several years as the money went towards the rebuild following the damage done caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Over 200 state troopers are descending upon New Orleans this weekend. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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State Police continues to investigate yesterday’s incident in LaFourche Parish where a school crossing guard was struck and killed while directing traffic on Highway 20 near Chackbay Elementary School. The crossing guard has been identified as 67-year-old Larry Boudreaux. The driver that hit Boudreaux is 83-year-old Jerry Matt of Thibodaux. No charges have been filed.