The government board charged with protecting New Orleans from flooding sued the oil and gas industry on Wednesday.
Louisiana has been steadily losing land, which leaves the city vulnerable to floods. The lawsuit argues that the oil and gas industry is responsible for a big part of the problem and hasn’t paid its fair share to protect the city.
Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost roughly as much land as makes up the state of Delaware.
“If you put the state of Delaware between New Orleans and the ocean, we wouldn’t need any levees at all,” says John Barry, vice president of the …read more
Source: NPR Science – ingested into KQED