Southeast Louisiana is losing land as fast as anywhere in the world, with communities facing greater risks every year. The state’s latest coastal funding plan is akin to fiddling while Rome burns.
This plan should have centered around two science-backed, publicly-supported, and, until recently, state-endorsed river re-introduction projects: Mid-Barataria and Mid-Breton.
The cancellation of these projects and their removal from this year’s spending plan leaves communities at risk and wastes two things in short supply: time and money…