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October 1, 2014

Politics Science

Louisiana Is Disappearing Into the Sea

“Since 1932, the Gulf of Mexico has swallowed 2,300 square miles of the state’s wetlands, an area larger than Delaware. If no action is taken, the missing Delaware will become a missing Connecticut, and then a missing Vermont.”

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Nathaniel Rich on the Longform Podcast.

Nathaniel Rich The New Republic Oct 2014 25min Permalink