Louisiana is drowning, quickly

Grist
By Bob MarshallAug 28, 2014, 3:08 pm51 pts
In just 80 years, some 2,000 square miles of its coastal landscape have turned to open water, wiping places off maps, bringing the Gulf of Mexico to the back door of New Orleans and posing a lethal threat to an energy and shipping corridor vital to the nation’s economy. And it’s going to get worse, even…

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