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Op-ed: We Need to Reclaim the Muddy Waters of the Louisiana Gulf Coast From the Climate Crisis 

DeSmogBlog

We left New Orleans in 2006, less than a year after Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana hosts a seafood industry dependent on a healthy estuary and an oil and gas industry threatening that ecosystem. In January, the Biden administration paused certain liquid natural gas (LNG) projects to address greenhouse emissions from methane.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Ardern is being watched closely : Her administration has been criticized for being lenient on reducing biogenic methane from agricultural production — notably dairy cattle and sheep — which accounts for almost half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 6.6 percent of its GDP. million people find jobs since 2005.