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state chooses site near thibodaux to relocate isle de jean charles climate refugeesBy: Faimon A. Roberts III Source: The Advocate Date: 12/21/2017 After nearly two years of deliberations, the state has entered negotiations to purchase a 515-acre sugar cane farm near Thibodaux where officials hope to resettle the residents of Isle de Jean Charles, an island in south Terrebonne Parish that is quickly sinking under rising seas. |
here's where residents of sinking isle de jean charles will relocateBy: Tristan Baurick Source: Nola.com Date: 12/19/2017 A sugar farm outside Houma has been selected as the new home for the dozens of people remaining on Isle de Jean Charles, an island rapidly sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. An experimental program aimed at transplating the small, mostly Native American community to safer ground has zeroed in on a 515-acre farm about 40 miles north of the island in... |
beyond the beltway: louisiana isle home to the first us climate refugeesBy: Sean Callebs Source: CGTN Date: 11/30/2017 The world's second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases is expected to walk away from the Paris Climate Accord. How will U.S. President Trump's decision affect the world and the people in his own country? |
those who remain on this island in louisiana's bayou are barely clinging to what's leftSource: Public Radio East Date: 11/23/2017 Since the middle of the last century more than 90 percent of Isle de Jean Charles has dissolved into the southern Louisiana bayou. The state predicts sea level rise and rampant coastal erosion will make the island unlivable in the coming years. |
saving coastal communities requires a community-based approachBy: B. R. Balachandran Source: Brink News Date: 10/31/2017 Hurricanes Harvey and Irma exposed how vulnerable our communities are to extreme climate events. With the two storms destroying thousands of houses and causing well over $200 billion worth of losses, questions have been raised, particularly about how we don't seem to be doing enough to move homes out of harm's way. |
CSRS to design new community for first U.S. 'climate refugees'By: Daily Report Staff Source: Business Report Date: 09/25/2017 State officials have selected Baton Rouge-based CSRS Inc. to design a new community for residents of Isle de Jean Charles, who last year became the first "climate refugees" in the U.S. |
State Names CSRS Inc. as Master Planner to Oversee Design of Isle De Jean Charles Resettlement CommunityDate: 09/25/2017 Next Phase of High-Profile Resilient Community Plan Begins Now Louisiana’s Office of Community Development is announcing that CSRS Inc. will serve as the master planner to design a new community for the residents of Isle de Jean Charles. The firm won a competitive proposal process as part of a project that continues to garner attention as... |
Let's Beat ItBy: Brian Barth Source: Landscape Architecture Magazine Date: 09/19/2017 In Southern Louisiana, Evans + Lighter Landscape Architecture is helping the people of Isle de Jean Charles move away from a disappearing coast. |
Sites for Relocating island residents narrowed to threeBy: Garrett Ohlmeyer Source: DailyComet.com Date: 07/11/2017 Isle de Jean Charles residents and state officials have narrowed possible relocation sites for the community to three in the Schriever area. |