Louisiana Breaks Ground on Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Amid Pandemic

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By Julie DermanskyMay 23, 2020, 1:38 am245 pts
Read time: 8 mins The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed life much for Chris Burnet, a lifelong resident of Isle de Jean Charles, a quickly eroding strip of land among south Louisiana’s wetlands. Though the island, about 80 miles southwest of New Orleans, can’t be saved from the sea-level rise and coastal…

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