Louisiana on Thursday scrapped a $3 billion project to repair its disappearing Gulf coastline, an initiative funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. Conservationists called it an urgent response to climate change, though Governor Jeff Landry viewed it as a threat to the state’s way of life.
Despite years of studies and reviews, the project, central to Louisiana’s coastal protection plans, grew increasingly imperilled after Mr Landry, a Republican, assumed office last year. Its abrupt collapse means the state risks forfeiting more than $618 million already utilised for construction and losing more than $1.5 billion in unspent funds.
