LPB is partnering with Mississippi Public Broadcasting for an in-depth look at how procedures, policies and planning for hurricanes have changed in the last four years. In that time, three of the ten costliest hurricanes on record — Katrina, Rita and Gustav — struck Louisiana. Katrina made a second landfall in Mississippi, leaving behind unprecedented [...]
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Louisiana Public Square Hosts Beth Courtney and Craig Freeman look back at some of the more memorable moments from the 2007 season of LPB’s award-winning public affairs program. Included topics in “The Best of Public Square 2007″ are Louisiana’s take on capital punishment; climate change and the war in Iraq. Watch for it Wednesday, December [...]
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The UN report on climate change predicts oceans may rise as much as 2 feet by the year 2100. Louisiana will sink as much as 8 inches in that time. Will our coast be under two and a half feet of water in 100 years? If so, how do these predictions fit in with efforts [...]
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