Climate Change Is Expected to Trigger Extreme Waves and Coastal Erosion June 11, 2020 By Ainslie Chandler Climate change is expected to cause stronger storm winds that trigger more extreme waves and increase coastal damage in Australia,...
New Orleans Sues Energy Firms Over Coastal Erosion April 1, 2019 The City of New Orleans is suing various oil and gas companies over coastal erosion. Mayor Latoya Cantrell on Friday...
Oil Companies Land a Victory in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuit March 8, 2017 By Kevin McGill A federal appeals court on March 3 refused to revive a Louisiana levee board’s lawsuit blaming dozens of oil and...
Earth Gains Coastal Land Areas as Man-Made Expansion Outpaces Sea Level Rise August 29, 2016 By Alister Doyle The Earth has gained coastal land equivalent to the size of Jamaica in the past 30 years with man-made construction...
Louisiana Politicians Join Suits Blaming Big Oil for Coastal Ruin August 9, 2016 By Cain Burdeau The oil industry has left a big footprint along the Gulf Coast, where a Delaware-sized stretch of Louisiana has disappeared....
Study: Billions at Stake if Pace of Land Loss Continues on Louisiana Coast December 21, 2015 A new state study places a price tag on the costs Louisiana could suffer if land loss continues at the...
North Carolina Lawmakers Try to Expand Number of Erosion-Controlling Structures September 4, 2015 By Gary D. Robertson Some legislators are once again trying to expand the number of certain erosion-controlling structures allowed by law along the North...
Federal Judge Dismisses Louisiana Levee Board’s Suit against Oil Companies February 16, 2015 A federal judge has dismissed a New Orleans-area levee authority’s lawsuit charging oil and gas companies with destroying Louisiana’s coastal...
Communities at Risk in Wake of Failure to Address Rising Seas September 8, 2014 By Ryan McNeill Deborah J. Nelson and Duff Wilson Missions flown from the NASA base here have documented some of the most dramatic evidence of a warming planet over...
Louisiana Residents Moving from Coastal Areas Due to Erosion April 24, 2014 A new report says commuting statistics indicate that coastal parishes are losing residents because of coastal erosion. And it says...