DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 21, 2022
I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossil fuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me. So it resonated with me that Merriam-Webster dictionary chose “gaslighting” as the word of the year. Credit: Julie Dermansky.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 21, 2021
The tide is turning against Louisiana’s proposed $2 billion Mississippi River sediment diversion project, that supporters say is needed to save the coast from rapid land loss due to subsidence, damage done by the oil and gas industry, extreme weather events, and sea level rise quickened by climate change.
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DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
It also described how the company provided guidance on behalf of the firm’s clients — which include CPRA and several fossil fuel companies — to Congress and federal agencies to influence legislation, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The company has a history of trying to steamroll opposition.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 9, 2024
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.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 1, 2021
However, critics say that funding in both proposals will let the fossil fuel industry off the hook and allow it to create new infrastructure that is incompatible with meaningful climate action. Kornell Davis checking out the damages to Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Ironton. Climate Leadership?
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