#Louisiana has lost about 2,000 square miles of land to #coastal #erosion since the 1930s—a land mass about the size of Delaware.
#PlaqueminesParish, the state’s southernmost parish, juts into the water where the #MississippiRiver meets the #GulfOfMexico. The parish, which is crisscrossed with #oil & #gas canals, has already lost nearly half of its size in the last century as #SeaLevels rise because of #ClimateChange.
#law #environment #PublicHealth #conservation #wildlife #FossilFuels #money
#SCOTUS agreed Friday that #energy companies facing lawsuits over #environmental damage to Louisiana’s #coast from #oil & #gas production can move the challenges from #state courts into friendlier #federal venues.
The ruling is a significant victory for oil companies, led by #Chevron & #ExxonMobil, in their legal battle with #Louisiana state officials over who should pay for the state’s #coastal #erosion. The companies have been supported by the #Trump admin.
Flood watches issued as former Cyclone Maila brings days of heavy rain
By Conor Byrne, Kallee Buchanan, and Holly Richardson
Minor flood watches have been issued for several Far North Queensland catchments as former Tropical Cyclone Maila delivers sustained heavy rainfall, with forecasters warning transport routes could be disrupted.
#Cyclones #WeatherWarnings #GreatBarrierReef #Erosion #Rain #Wind #Meteorology #ConorByrne #KalleeBuchanan # #HollyRichardson
#kuwait #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #gulfstates / #domesticpolicy / #humanrights / #journalism / #repression / #nationalunity / #erosion
„The #detention of a prize-winning international journalist over his reporting of a friendly fire incident in Kuwait is raising questions about the crackdown on #freedomofspeech across the #MiddleEast as a result of the US-Israel war with Iran, the #CommitteetoProtectJournalists has warned.“
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers, “Wednesday” (1849)
More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #art #artistry #erosion #sculpture #water #wind #nature
The skeletal grip of ancient river gums.
Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
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#Photo #Photography #Australia #Victoria #Mildura #RiverMurray #RiverGums #NaturePhotography #AustralianBush #Erosion #TreeRoots #OutbackAustralia #Landscape
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