Special Report: How climate pressure is reshaping insurance, infrastructure, housing, and the city’s economic future. The latest climate warnings about Louisiana landed with the kind of force that has become increasingly familiar across south Louisiana. Maps showing disappearing land spread rapidly across social media and national news coverage. Headlines warned that entire communities along the […]
On July 17, 2025, the state of Louisiana officially abandoned the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, the most ambitious coastal restoration project in its history. The decision was finalized when the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group voted to cancel the plan, which would have used funding from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement to reconnect the Mississippi River […]
Earth Day lands differently here. In New Orleans, residents don’t need reminders about the environment. They live with its consequences daily. Flooding is no longer seasonal; it’s expected. Heatwaves last longer. Insurance rates are pushing people out of their homes. And every year, the coastline slips further away. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost over […]
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