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Louisiana House approves 50-year Coastal Master Plan; here’s what’s included
Featured in The Advocate By Faimon A. Roberts III The Louisiana House unanimously approved the state’s 2017 Coastal Master Plan on Friday, paving the way…
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Nearly 3/4 of Louisiana voters believe coastal land loss will affect them: poll
Featured in nola.com By Sara Sneath, Environment Reporter A new poll shows that 74 percent of Louisiana voters believe that coastal land loss will affect them in the future. The poll was…
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Climate Change Threats, Managed Retreats
Featured in wbur.org via NPR on Point In this edition of the NPR radio news show “On Point” with award-winning journalist Tom Ashbrook, climate scientists from Alaska,…
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To save Louisiana’s coast, a lot of science and engineering – and a bit of Khmer
Featured in nola.com By Sara Sneath, Environment Reporter In an attempt to save Louisiana’s coast from land loss and pounding hurricanes, state…
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Coastal loss a ‘national security crisis’? Labeling it so might draw federal money
Featured in nola.com By Tristan Baurick, Coastal environment reporter Pitching Louisiana’s disappearing coast as a national security crisis and linking it to military priorities could steer more federal money to…
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Local forums to focus on critical flood issues
Featured in The Daily Comet Serving Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes By Garrett Ohlmeyer Staff Writer The first of two public discussions in Terrebonne and Lafourche is scheduled for Tuesday…
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St. John asked to weigh in on coastal erosion response
Featured in L’observateur LAPLACE — Louisiana residents have heard a lot about coastal erosion and the warning that the state loses a football field of its coast per…
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For 26,000 Louisiana homes, businesses, levees won’t be enough
Featured in nola.com By Sara Sneath, Environment Reporter Most of the $50 billion in Louisiana’s 50-year coastal master plan is earmarked for erecting levees, restoring disappearing marsh…
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