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Landry Cancels $3B Project as New Orleans Faces Relocation

5/4/2026

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Governor Jeff Landry cancelled $3 billion Mid-Barataria project, citing harm to fishing and finances.
A study warns New Orleans has reached no return and urges resident relocation.
Scientists in Nature Sustainability say New Orleans is surrounded by the Gulf by century’s end.
Experts say the halted diversion and oil-company liability speed up levee failure, with Louisiana losing 2,000 square miles since 1930s and projecting another 3,000 to vanish in 50 years.

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Governor Jeff Landry cancelled $3 billion Mid-Barataria project, citing harm to fishing and finances.
A study warns New Orleans has reached no return and urges resident relocation.
Scientists in Nature Sustainability say New Orleans is surrounded by the Gulf by century’s end.
Experts say the halted diversion and oil-company liability speed up levee failure, with Louisiana losing 2,000 square miles since 1930s and projecting another 3,000 to vanish in 50 years.