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Amid the Misery of Hurricane Ida, Coastal Restoration Offers Hope. But the Price Is High

Efforts to save a vanishing Louisiana coast could be hampered by increasingly powerful hurricanes and funding that, with many other shorelines threatened, is spread thin.

By James Bruggers, Bob Berwyn

Destruction is left in the wake of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 31, 2021 near Point-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana. Ida made landfall Aug. 29 as a Category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans, causing widespread power outages, flooding and massive damage. Creidt: Win McNamee/Getty Images
A detour sign is seen at East 20th Street and Avenue C in Lower Manhattan as the first phase of major construction is underway. Credit: Brahmjot Kaur/Inside Climate News

New York Embarks on a Massive Climate Resiliency Project to Protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side From Sea Level Rise

By Brahmjot Kaur

A firefighter stands among the remains of homes burned down in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012

Covid Killed New York’s Coastal Resilience Bill. People of Color Could Bear Much of the Cost

By Kristoffer Tigue

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