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Governor of Louisiana Declares State of Emergency as State’s Coastline Disappears
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In Brief
Governor of Louisiana Declares State of Emergency as State's Coastline Disappears
I feel kind of bad for Louisiana as the state is quite frankly fucked.
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In Brief
The Governor of Louisiana declared a state of emergency on April 18 based on the continuous, rapid erosion of the state's coastline. The Louisiana coast is the eye of a perfect storm for land loss caused by multiple factors, including climate change.
Losing Ground
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency on April 18 based on the continuous, rapid erosion of the state’s coastline. The goal of the declaration is to hasten the federal permitting process in order to get coastal restoration projects started and bring nationwide attention to the issue.
“Decades of saltwater intrusion, subsidence and rising sea levels have made the Louisiana coast the nation’s most rapidly deteriorating shoreline,” WWNO’s Travis Lux told the NPR Newscast unit. “It loses the equivalent of one football field of land every hour.”
Governor of Louisiana Declares State of Emergency as State's Coastline Disappears
I feel kind of bad for Louisiana as the state is quite frankly fucked.