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Louisiana’s population is already moving to escape climate catastropheSource: Quartz Date: 09/01/2020 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, St. Tammany parish was a rural, sparsely populated corner of southeastern Louisiana best known for sawmills and a smattering of fancy resorts. |
U.S. Flood Strategy Shifts to ‘Unavoidable’ Relocation of Entire NeighborhoodsSource: The New York Times Date: 08/26/2020 This week’s one-two punch of Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco may be extraordinary, but the storms are just two of nine to strike Texas and Louisiana since 2017 alone, helping to drive a major federal change in how the nation handles floods. |
How lessons from Isle de Jean Charles could guide federal climate migration planningSource: nola.com Date: 08/16/2020 The relocation of Isle de Jean Charles’ residents from their disappearing island could help the federal government develop a model for moving more people away from rising seas, stronger storms and other effects of climate change, according to an auditor's report to Congress. |
State Accepting Resettlement Applications from Former Residents of Isle De Jean CharlesDate: 06/22/2020 1/27/2021 Update: The call for applications described in this press release is for former island residents who moved off of the island prior to Hurricane Isaac. These former residents may be eligible for participation in the program’s Option B. The deadline for current and post-Isaac residents to apply for Options A and D passed on... |
Lowland Kids | Climate Change Threatens Two Teenagers' Family HomeSource: YouTube Date: 05/08/2020 As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations. |
As Gulf swallows island, displaced tribe fears futureSource: houmatoday.com Date: 03/02/2020 The state is three years into an ambitious $48 million plan to move Isle de Jean Charles residents to higher ground. Here is a look at the tiny community’s the past, present and potential future. |
Stay or Go? Some island residents struggle to decideSource: houmatoday.com Date: 03/02/2020 The new Isle de Jean Charles will be no isle at all. Instead, it’s a 550-acre sugar-cane field an hour’s drive north of the coast in Schriever. |
As Gulf swallows Louisiana island, displaced tribe fears the futureSource: The Daily Advertiser Date: 02/27/2020 It’s all but assumed this island will one day disappear beneath the waves. |
Why is Isle de Jean Charles disappearing? A timeline of land lossSource: USA Today Date: 02/27/2020 A 14-year-old Jean Charles Naquin and his family arrive in New Orleans aboard the Le Saint-Remi, the fourth of seven ships that, in 1785, carried French immigrants to Louisiana. Most were Acadians previously exiled from Canada who failed to build a life in France. |
The Last Teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles, An Island Climate Change Is Washing AwaySource: Teen Vogue Date: 02/12/2020 Juliette Brunet and her family live on an island that is shrinking as Louisiana’s sea levels rise. |
Deadline set for residents of vanishing Isle de Jean Charles to apply for relocationSource: nola.com Date: 01/17/2020 Residents of a sinking Louisiana island have until the end of the month to apply for a new home under a first-of-its-kind federal program to help people retreat from the effects of climate change. |
Louisiana tribes file complaint with United Nations over U.S. inaction on climate changeSource: nola.com Date: 01/16/2020 Four coastal Louisiana tribes that claim the U.S. government has violated their human rights by failing to take action on climate change submitted a formal complaint Wednesday to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. |
Application Deadline Set for Island Residents Eligible for Homes in Isle de Jean Charles ResettlementDate: 01/14/2020 The Louisiana Office of Community Development has set Jan. 31 as the application deadline for residents of Isle de Jean Charles eligible for either a new home in The New Isle community or an existing home in Louisiana. The Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement is part of a federally funded, first-of-its kind effort to move a community of island... |
Climate Exodus: Movement of the PeopleSource: JDSUPRA Date: 11/13/2019 In 1955, the island community of Isle de Jean Charles, some 80 miles south of New Orleans, covered 22,000 acres. |
22 Minutes In The Life Of Louisiana's Climate RefugeesSource: HUFFPOST Date: 11/05/2019 In "Lowland Kids," two teenagers grapple with leaving an island that's sinking before their very eyes. |
The People of the Isle de Jean Charles Are Louisiana’s First Climate Refugees—but They Won’t Be the LastSource: NRDC Date: 09/23/2019 Whether and how to uproot communities are difficult and painful questions, and we need to get better at answering them. |
Native Americans may lose their homes to rising waters on Louisiana islandSource: CBS News Date: 08/21/2019 Tropical Storm Chantal, churning in the north Atlantic, is no threat to land at the moment. But it's expected to be an above-average hurricane season, which is bad news for Native Americans on a small island off the Louisiana coast. |
Tribal chief on Isle de Jean Charles says it's time to leaveSource: nola.com Date: 06/25/2019 Just a week after Hurricane Gustav destroyed Isle de Jean Charles in Terrebone Parish, residents Virgil Dardar, left, and Chris Brunet, back center, stand outside their raised home with Albert Naquin, who is the Chief of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians on the island. |