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A rising fortress in sinking land: A massive sea wall around a Louisiana gas facility poses a question: How far will the fossil fuel industry go to protect itself from climate impacts it helped cause? (wapo.st)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t know if you’ve ever been to an industrial coast but I assure you, they will do a lot to protect themselves while not doing anything positive for the residents of Louisiana. Oil executives and energy traders in Houston will reap the benefits while Louisiana gets a handful of mostly blue collar jobs in exchange for oil spills, cancer, destruction of wetlands, and climate refugees from rising sea levels.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm with you, but this is Louisiana. Sea wall is pretty standard fare for a company that wants to last more than a few years and not piss their whole income away to hurricane insurance.