Audio: Post-Katrina population shift offers clues to the impending migration from Louisiana’s coast
Thousands of people may be forced to move inland in the coming years, according to the state.
Tag: Coastal Erosion
Lens, ProPublica journalists describe how they reported ‘Losing Ground’ project (video)
Cattle rancher Earl Armstrong and fishing guide Ryan Lambert spoke about witnessing coastal loss firsthand.
LSU projections show storm surge swamping Southeast Louisiana by century’s end
The highest rates of sinking afflict communities protected by levees, New Orleans among them.
New measurements show sea level rise swallowing Grand Isle at record rate
The risks associated with a rising sea level will only increase if greenhouse gas emissions are not brought under control, scientists assert.
Levee board begs corps to get a 10-year jump on subsidence — at local expense
Savings reach $20 million if levees are raised before they're armored. Subsidence puts area flood insurance at risk.
Honore delivers startlingly radical call to action against forces destroying coast
The need to resist Big Oil and the Jindal administration's shameless pandering to it has begun to forge a broad-spectrum political alliance.
Science to be key factor in lawsuit against oil and gas companies for coastal loss
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East is expected to file suit Wednesday against more than 100 oil and gas companies for contributing to the disappearance of Louisiana’s wetlands. The lawsuit argues that decades of drilling, dredging and extracting has destroyed wetlands that once provided a cushion against hurricane storm surge, forcing the agency to spend more on flood protection.
Sediment diversions not the way to rebuild Louisiana’s coast
Research shows that we won't be able to rebuild the coast the same way it was created, with sediment flowing down the river.
