• @[email protected]
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    224 months ago

    Maybe we should hold federal money due to climate change events if the state isn’t trying to make progress against climate change.

  • Dreizehn
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    184 months ago

    The Government of Putin will continue their “drill baby drill” for the oil industry, who wrecked the coastline in the first place.

  • Optional
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    174 months ago

    Louisiana has lost its damned mind. Ever since the old Democratic governor ran out of terms they’ve just been speed-running Florida.

  • @over_clox
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    84 months ago

    I dunno so much about the rest of the state, but New Orleans has been sinking since it was founded.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      194 months ago

      Large parts of the state are uncompacted sediment. It does compress and settle as a result. There are a bunch of things you can do though:

      • Stop extracting and burning fossil fuels to slow sea level rise
      • Stop the oil and gas industry from cutting channels through marshes, which causes them to erode quickly
      • Divert sediment from the Mississippi to wetland restoration, raising land levels
      • Help people move when that’s the best remaining option
  • SmurfNuts
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    74 months ago

    There goes Landry fucking us over. Called it a long time ago. The shit weasel has been primed and ready to drag this already completely fucked state into the ground. I hope the dopes that voted for this asshat are happy.

  • @AnUnusualRelic
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    44 months ago

    Doesn’t that mean less Louisiana? Isn’t that a good thing?

  • RubberDuck
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    24 months ago

    Time to invest in parcels of land a bit further (currently) inland as they will be prime oceanfront real estate in a decade.

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        4 months ago

        No… then You lobby the government to finally take action against coastal erosion and rake in those sweet sweet public billions to protect your private investment.