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Tag: #Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

Louisiana can’t afford a mirage

“We must stick with real plans for our future,” the writer contends about the recent halt to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. “Every delay means more land lost, more families unprotected, more risk from rising seas and stronger storms. We don’t have that kind of time.”
by Simone Maloz June 10, 2025 Updated June 11, 2025

Legislature must demand that Mid-Barataria Diversion proceed, as planned

At stake is decades of scientific consensus, years of bipartisan commitment and the credibility of Louisiana’s entire coastal program.
by David Muth May 14, 2025 Updated May 14, 2025

Louisiana could be out billions, if controversial coastal-restoration stalls

The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.
by Terry L. Jones for Floodlight November 11, 2024 Updated November 10, 2024

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