Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that Chip Kline will resign effective July 3, 2023, as director for Coastal Activities and Chairman of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA).
To realize a future in which we thrive with water in a place as precarious as New Orleans, we need to tinker–to experiment with strong inference and learn from success and failure. A very controversial wetland construction project underway in Louisiana presents a prime opportunity to demonstrate that this approach intentional investments in clinical trials for planetary health can catalyze progress. Should we tinker with it?
Louisiana’s state coastal board last week unanimously approved the latest iteration of its 50-year, $50 billion plan to protect coastal communities from hurricanes and land loss. It includes 77 restoration projects such as rebuilding degraded marsh, as well as hard infrastructure like levees and floodgates to protect from storm surge.