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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

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Coast Guard for floating LNG projects off Grande Isle, Louisiana , were moderated by third-party contractors who offer permit expediting services for industry. This new land will create a natural barrier that will help protect the New Orleans metro area from storm surge, project proponents say. Federal and state trustees approved $2.26

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The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline

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But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” He estimates that 70 metres of his property has been swallowed up by sea level rise since he moved there in 1998, with trees and wetlands washed away as the ocean advanced bit by bit with each passing year. “I