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Louisiana towns near Mississippi River face climate danger | Environment

Facing impossible insurance costs, climate change and sea level rise, small towns on Louisiana s coast fear they ll soon disappear.

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Louisiana towns near Mississippi River face climate danger | Environment

Facing impossible insurance costs, climate change and sea level rise, small towns on Louisiana s coast fear they ll soon disappear.

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Louisiana storm damage prompts discussion of Mississippi River diversion

State lawmakers and many environmental experts strongly support plans to recreate some of the marshland that had provided the hurricane buffer,

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A river that wants to be free

POINT À LA HACHE, La. Don Beshel walks out of his office and looks out on his marina. Where once were dozens of boats now sit only a few.

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Louisianans have sought to tame the Mississippi River for decades Now they may set it free

The state’s coastal restoration agency is spending billions of dollars to create controlled river diversions in other places to try to recreate some of the marshland that had provided the hurricane buffer.

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