Coastal Desk
Southeast Louisiana is sinking under the waves faster than any coastal landscape in the world. With so much at stake for Louisiana and the nation, WWNO has made coastal news a priority.
Since mid-2014 our Coastal Desk reporting team has been producing frequent news reports and in-depth features covering coastal erosion and restoration; hurricane protection; offshore energy and other coastal businesses; wildlife and fisheries impacts; and coastal communities and culture.
Support for the Coastal Desk comes from the Walton Family Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and local listeners.
Latest Episodes
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Oysters are a staple of Louisiana’s culture and cuisine, but because of storms, engineering and river flooding, the industry has been struggling for...
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The big Saharan dust cloud headed for the southeastern United States seems a bit much in our current moment, but it's not that unusual.
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The state of Louisiana has joined two lawsuits as a defendant over the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
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There is no evidence that operator error caused a power turbine to trip offline, or that the turbine’s temporary loss caused additional flooding during...
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A new study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the federal government should spend $3.2 billion to maintain the levee system around New Orleans...
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Climate change will affect today’s children at every stage of their life. That’s one of the takeaways from a new study from the Lancet Countdown , a...
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A bill that could increase the amount of royalty money Louisiana gets from offshore oil and gas drilling advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday . The...
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A network of advocacy organizations across the Gulf South has published regional Green New Deal policy platform that aims to build on the national...
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Have you ever read a story about climate change, and by the end of the article thought, ”Great, now what?” Or maybe, “What do I do with that information...
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River parish residents are once again protesting the proliferation of petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton...