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> Emily Vuxton, policy director of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, an environmental group ... said repair costs could be “hundreds of millions” of dollars, with 75% paid by federal taxpayers. “I think this work is necessary. We have to protect the population of New Orleans,” Vuxton said.

Summed up as: “I think our unsustainable way of life should be subsidized by the rest of the country at a 3:1 rate”.

I enjoy NOLA, but how are we going to deal with this at any kind of scale?

parent dfee 7 years ago

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