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A Window into Louisiana’s Continued Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry

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At best the permits minimize coastal erosion and gloss over storm surge and flood risks in relation to climate change,” he said. Persistent gaslighting by many of Louisiana’s politicians wasn’t restricted to the climate crisis during 2022. Real science isn’t being used to guide their decisions.” Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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

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Credit: Julie Dermansky The diversion project lies at the intersection of two crises: the state’s alarming coastal land-loss rate and the essential threat of climate change. This makes it ripe for disaster capitalism, a phrase Naomi Klein coined in her book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.”

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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.

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Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation

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trillion Build Back Better Act filled with social and climate program expansions — purports to take on climate change, but Thunberg dismissed the legislation in her comments during the opening session of the Youth4Climate event in Milan, Italy, on September 28. Climate Leadership?