MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN AGAIN – 16-YEAR DECLINE
Big Locks Project Looking Doubtful; Industry Sees Lower Capacity
Army Corps of Engineers
News Releases
SCHEDULING BARGES CAN REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY
But Corps-Funded Study Finds Upper Mississippi Traffic Too Low to Justify Scheduling
CONGRESS POISED TO BUILD BIGGER LOCKS AS BARGE INDUSTRY FADES
Fewer Barges on Rivers, Less Traffic and Lowest Levels of Congestion in 30 Years
EVERGLADES RESTORATION STUCK IN THE MUD
Corps Memo Admits Delays, Cost Overruns and Uncertain Direction
BUSH BUDGET ZEROES OUT UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOCKS
Only Minor Funding for Environmental Restoration
MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN SHARPLY IN ‘04
New Numbers May Be Death Knell for Big Locks Project
ARMY SLASHES ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AS "OPTIONAL"
Big Cuts Threaten to "Shut Down All Training Operations"
NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE RIPS CORPS UPPER MISSISSIPPI PLAN
Third NAS Report Is Scalding -- Most Critical
CORPS VIOLATES ITS OWN RULES ON MISSISSIPPI STUDY
$70 Million "Draft" Is Internally Inconsistent, Intentionally Inaccurate & Incomplete
HALLIBURTON GENERAL NOW TO SEEK FEDERAL CONTRACTS
Corps Revolving Door with Industry Continues to Swing
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Count on the Corps — An Environmental Profile of the Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District (April 1999) Purporting to regulate and develop responsibly, the Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers has violated the Clean Water Act by circumnavigating or breaking its own codes. With seven years of documented cases, such negligence in America's "Last Frontier" has caused environmental destruction, wasted public funds, and ruined careers of responsible public professionals. more >> |
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Rotten at the Corps — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Presiding Over the Death of the Florida Keys (January 1997) The Army Corps of Engineers is presiding over ecosystem destruction in the Florida Keys through a systematic and deliberate dereliction of duty in protecting wetlands from illegal development. more >> |
| Other PEER Activities |
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Bias in Corps of Engineers Inland Navigation Traffic Forecasts |
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Disgraced Former Commander Attacks IG Report as “Slanderous Drivel” |
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Barge Industry and Corps Sing from the Same Hymnal |
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Chief of Engineers Declares, I Am Not a “Rogue” |
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PEER comments on the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) proposed rulemaking |