An island city’s billion-dollar route to climate resilience will need residential buy-in to succeed. Local places of worship could be pivotal.
Category: Water
Posted inClimate, Energy, Gulf Coast, Water
The oil and gas industry is pushing misinformation about its impact on climate, coastal restoration. Louisiana politicians are repeating it.
The state’s coastal restoration plan is funded mostly by oil spill settlements—not royalties from offshore drilling.
Posted inJustice
Mississippians work to reduce childhood lead exposure as state, feds fail to intervene
Experts say solutions aimed at reducing lead exposure from water need to be educational and environmental. Here’s how to protect your family.
Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Disaster Recovery, Kentucky, Water
As floods worsen in Appalachia, disaster prep gets more complex — and necessary
As climate change leads to more intense flooding, communities will need to make crucial — and creative — investments to protect themselves.
Posted inCulture, Water
Swimming Holes
We asked readers to tell us about their favorite places to jump and wade in the water. Here’s what we received.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Culture, Public Health, Water
Wild swimming through the South
How wading through water can be an antidote to climate anxiety.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water
A year after Hurricane Laura, southwest Louisiana ‘still in limbo’
As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, multiple disasters in southwest Louisiana during the pandemic show how unequipped disaster aid systems are during compounding events.