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How a Warming Climate and the Bonnet Carré Spillway threaten Coastal Fishermen + Climate and COVID-19
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Fishermen have been left to “wonder how much longer their businesses can survive. Even before the coronavirus pandemic brought the nation’s economy to a screeching halt, last year’s spillway openings followed a string of disasters — notably Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 — that only allowed for brief windows of recovery.”

Free Resources for Coronavirus Response + What Does This Mean for Climate Justice?
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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, we’re focusing this month’s WaterMark on mutual aid. Below you’ll find a list of resources (including a sample Public Health Emergency Plan) to aid employers, workers, freelancers, artists, and educators in preparing and responding to COVID-19.

New Plan Looks at Industry’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana
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“Louisiana will not just accept or adapt to climate change impacts… Louisiana will do its part to address climate change,” said Edwards. “Another truth we can’t ignore is that our state economy, and the nation at large, depends on Louisiana’s strong industrial sector.”

How To Stop Freaking Out About Climate Change + Louisiana Tribes File Complaint with the UN
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Four coastal Louisiana tribes and one in Alaska that say the U.S. government violated their human rights by failing to take action on climate change have submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations in Switzerland.

Native Plant Academy, Gulf South for a Green New Deal, and Other Water News
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A network of organizations from across the Gulf South has published a regional Green New Deal policy platform that aims to build on the national policy of the same name. It emphasizes clean energy jobs, environmental justice, and transitioning away from fossil fuels.

Propeller -> Imagine Water Works: New Email, Same Watermark Briefing
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Over the past couple of years, we’ve (Imagine Water Works + Propeller) delivered more than 20 issues of Watermark: a briefing on water programs, policies, and funding in Louisiana. In that time, our work also transitioned, leading us to transition the Watermark briefing, too.

Louisiana’s Ambitious Plan for Resilience
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Homeowners impacted by the 2016 floods and state officials continue to wait on new legal guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on whether loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration will count against Restore Louisiana recovery grants…

Post-Katrina Levee System Sinking
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Homeowners impacted by the 2016 floods and state officials continue to wait on new legal guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on whether loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration will count against Restore Louisiana recovery grants…

Lasting environmental impacts from government shutdown
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Homeowners impacted by the 2016 floods and state officials continue to wait on new legal guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on whether loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration will count against Restore Louisiana recovery grants…

Proposed wetland protection rollbacks and other water policy news
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The Trump Administration’s proposal to roll back Clean Water Act regulations could impact Louisiana wetlands, according to Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy Director Mark Davis. By narrowing the EPA’s definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS), only wetlands that are adjacent to a major body of water or connected to a major waterway would be federally protected…