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On Southern Tip of Louisiana, Climate Change and Coastal Erosion Hit Home

For those of you who do not know already, this year has been a journey of  learning and becoming aware. This journey began years ago, when my adopted  Dad went on an expedition and came back trying to educate people, including his bosses at Shell, as to what damage the oil industry was causing to the Continental Shelf.  This harm would not be stopped or slowed until change was brought about. [...Read more]

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Kelly 'Babs' Bagwell

Two years later, a letter from Chief Naquin

chief naquinCrossposted from Isle de Jean Charles News. Greetings, I am the Chief of a small Indian community, the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw. [...Read more]

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Failure of climate talks imperils nowhere more than Louisiana coast

plaquemines sedimentationBy Bia Assevero, crossposted from The Lens.  December’s climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, was, as these conferences usually are, more style than substance. [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf

Our fight for recognition

A citizen of the United Houma Nation writes about the tribe’s history, and its ongoing struggle to be officially recognized by the United States government.  By Adam Crepelle. [...Read more]

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Adam Crepelle