Established in 2017, The Water Collaborative is an organization that seeks to build a diverse network for all impacted by flood risk by focusing on equitable practices to live and thrive with water.
Over a thousand people joined together from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Puerto Rico on Saturday, June 4 for the Gulf Gathering for Climate Justice and Joy in Baton Rouge to hear stories from communities fighting against the oil and gas industry as well as take part in workshops centered around identifying strategies to […]
Just before co-hosting a jam-packed town hall meeting at Houmas Bayou Cane Fire Department with frustrated survivors of Hurricane Ida, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser said Friday morning that Louisiana must have a five-year plan to save Louisianas coast. We dont need a 50-year plan. We need a five-year plan to save our coast, Nungesser told […]
Sandy Rosenthal, the woman who pushed the Army Corp of Engineers to admit that faulty engineering was the cause of Hurricane Katrinas devastation, has started a new podcast Beat the Big Guys, available on Apple, Google, Spotify and other podcast channels. Rosenthal is also the author of the award-winning non-fiction book, Whispered in […]
While sharing a bottle of wine a few years back, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz commiserated about how much glass was ending up in New Orleans landfills. They also cared deeply about coastal erosion. Both Tulane University students at the time, Louisiana-born Trautmann- who subsequently graduated with a degree in chemical engineering, and New Yorker […]
Former state Senator J.P. Morrell said today that Senate Bill 226, if approved as written, could likely end up in court because it would force Orleans and four other parishes to pay for the costs associated with an agreement that was negotiated between state and federal government. Morrell previously chaired the state Senate’s powerful Revenue […]
In spite of this year’s many challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and seven storms impacting the state, coastal restoration remained a priority for Louisiana in 2020. According to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Louisiana advanced 112 coastal projects this year, including 49 projects in construction. “In a year of unprecedented challenges, our […]
Laying the groundwork for a sustained effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight coastal erosion in Louisiana, on Wednesday, August 19 Governor John Bel Edwards signed two executive orders into law. The first one, Executive Order JBE 2020-18, established Louisiana’s first Climate Initiatives Task Force. The task force will include representatives from the scientific […]
According to a report from Nola.com, Carmouche & Marcello, a Baton Rouge-based law firm representing Louisiana’s coastal parishes, reached a landmark settlement with the oil and gas firm Freeport McMoRan that is aimed at restoring damage to Louisiana’s coast. The mining giant agreed to pay a total of $100 million dollars in cash and environmental […]
The report explains that some parts of Louisiana are home to communities that will have no choice but to relocate.
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