louisiana
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Ida Showed the Fossil Fuel Industry Has Left Louisiana Defenseless
The sun was about to set at the Leeville boat launch when a family began packing up their car with redfish they had caught just an hour prior. Above us was LA-1, an elevated highway nicknamed the “Gateway to the Gulf” because it is the only connector between what can still be considered mainland Louisiana…
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Hurricane Zeta, The 12th Hurricane of 2020, Is Set To Hit The U.S. Shortly
By Tuesday afternoon, we should have Hurricane Zeta, the twelfth hurricane of the 2020 season. The storm is expected to reach Louisiana by Wednesday and batter a state that’s spent much too much time in the bullseye this year.
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Hurricane Laura Shows Us the Injustice of the Climate Crisis
Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast Wednesday night with winds making it nearly a Category 5 storm upon making landfall. With the storm came more than 2.74 m of storm surge in parts of Louisiana. This level of water is incomprehensible. Hurricane Laura tied the strongest storm to hit Louisiana on record, making landfall…
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Teen Who Died Of Covid-19 Was Denied Treatment Because He Didn’t Have Heath Insurance
A 17-year-old boy in Los Angeles County who became the first teen believed to have died from complications with covid-19 in the U.S. was denied treatment at an urgent care clinic because he didn’t have health insurance, according to R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster, California. Roughly 27.5 million Americans—8.5 per cent of the…