Louisiana Pulls the Plug on $3 Billion Coastal Restoration Project—A Setback for National Sovereignty and Environmental Security

The decision by Louisiana to cancel the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project marks a troubling moment where political agendas have overridden scientific consensus and federal commitments designed to protect America’s vital Gulf Coast. Funded through settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill—a disaster directly harming American soil and livelihoods—this project was meant to restore over 20 square miles of coastal land lost each year due to erosion, sea level rise, and human interference. Is Politics Trampling Science in Defense of Our Coastline? The Mid-Barataria project represented an ambitious, evidence-based effort to reverse decades of damage inflicted not just...