{"id":100902,"date":"2022-06-08T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=100902"},"modified":"2022-06-08T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:57:32","slug":"we-cant-drill-our-way-out-environmental-bill-could-move-coastal-restoration-away-from-oil-money-in-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/we-cant-drill-our-way-out-environmental-bill-could-move-coastal-restoration-away-from-oil-money-in-louisiana\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We can\u2019t drill our way out\u2019: Environmental bill could move coastal restoration away from oil money in Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hayley Starshak
\n<\/strong>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

The landscape in southeast Louisiana changes every day \u2013 literally. In Barataria, Louisiana, just 20 miles south of New Orleans, that situation on the ground could not be clearer. What Google Maps shows as a field of land is now mostly open water. The coast in southeast Louisiana is eroding at such a high rate that even modern technology can\u2019t keep up with the pace. Canals cut by the oil and gas industry for exploration and extraction are a major\u00a0 driver of the\u00a0 erosion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Erosion in Louisiana accounts for 80% of the country\u2019s wetland land loss, according to the <\/span>U.S. Geological Survey<\/span><\/a>. The USGS estimates Louisiana could potentially lose its wetlands entirely in as few as 200 years if erosion continues at the same rate. The wetlands and barrier islands in Louisiana are not only important for wildlife, but also serve as a buffer between hurricanes and the major cities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unless action is taken\u00a0 to reverse the land loss, irreversible ecological, economic and cultural losses\u00a0 will occur, community leaders\u00a0 and\u00a0 experts note. Perhaps ironically, the main source of funding for protection\u00a0 efforts\u00a0 is the same oil and gas industry that experts\u00a0 blame for causing the\u00a0 damage. But\u00a0 proposed federal legislation would change that, providing funding to curb erosion and rebuild land while also addressing other ecological challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative would provide a coordinated pathway for federal funding for environmental restoration and ecological projects in states along the entire Mississippi River,\u00a0 stretching down to Louisiana where the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This spring the Mississippi was named by American Rivers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting rivers, as the sixth-most endangered river in the country, based on pollution, habitat loss, climate change and other problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mississippi River is an internationally important river ecosystem and an ecological lifeline for North America,\u201d says<\/span> American Rivers\u2019 report<\/span><\/a>, which calls for passage of the\u00a0 MRRRI bill. \u201cThe Mississippi River has always provided abundant food, drinking water, natural resources, paths for travel and cultural and economic wealth. However, we have failed to conserve, protect and restore that river which provides so much for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Funds for states and tribes\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The bill was introduced last year by Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota\u2019s 4th District. It is currently in the subcommittee for Water Resources and the Environment in the House of Representatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill seeks to spend $300 million in both 2022 and 2023 as well as \u201csuch sums as may be necessary\u201d every year after that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The MRRRI is considered a \u201cnon-regulatory\u201d initiative, meaning the bill does not introduce new environmental standards or enforcement policies. Instead, the bill is aimed at providing federal funding to projects currently lacking sufficient federal support. The bill lists 10 states where projects would be eligible for funding: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The MRRRI would also give federally recognized tribal governments the authority to directly receive funding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Raleigh Hoke, campaign director for Healthy Gulf, a nonprofit coastal restoration organization headquartered in New Orleans, believes this legislation should be able to get bipartisan support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s really about providing a framework and a coordinating body to help provide funding towards restoration projects,\u201d Hoke said. \u201cIt feels like something that everyone can agree with, because it’s not about introducing new regulations. It’s just getting resources to the region, and resources that other places like the Great Lakes or Chesapeake Bay already have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Regional approaches to environmental restoration<\/b><\/p>\n

The MRRRI follows the \u201csuccessful model\u201d of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, according to <\/span>McCollum\u2019s website<\/span><\/a>. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Program work to coordinate funding for ecological projects for the states in each region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, established in 2009, had received over $3.8 billion in funding\u00a0 as of 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

President Joe Biden\u2019s recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act pledged another $1 billion, spread to $200 million per year, in funding to the GLRI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCongress is the engine that keeps us running,\u201d said Chris Korleski, the director of the Great Lakes National Program Office in the Environmental Protection Agency, which oversees the GLRI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t do this work without funding,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over 460,000 acres of habitat have been \u201cprotected, restored or enhanced\u201d through the initiative, according to the <\/span>GLRI website<\/span><\/a>. GLRI also claims its work restoring local fish populations has benefited the Great Lakes\u2019 fishery industry, valued at $7 billion, according to the <\/span>Great Lakes Fishery Commission<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We\u2019ve done a tremendous amount of work, but I\u2019d be lying to say we are almost done. Even with the generous funding we have, we can\u2019t get to everything,\u201d Korleski said. \u201cWe prioritize and focus our resources where they\u2019re most needed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The MRRRI\u2019s goal is to provide a similar pathway to funding for projects all along the Mississippi River, not only in one region of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the problems along Louisiana\u2019s Gulf Coast originate upriver. Fertilizer runoff from the Great Lakes region flows into tributaries and down the Mississippi River. It flows into the Gulf of Mexico, changing the natural chemistry of the delta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This nutrient pollution \u2013 namely, phosphorus and nitrogen \u2013 creates a \u201cdead zone\u201d in the Gulf of Mexico off\u00a0 Louisiana\u2019s coast, where marine life can\u2019t survive due to low oxygen levels. The nutrients from runoff cause algae blooms to form and take oxygen from the water. In 2021, the dead zone measured over 6,330 square miles <\/span>according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The dead zone has been devastating to Louisiana\u2019s seafood industry, worth $2.4 billion, according to <\/span>Louisiana Fisheries Forward<\/span><\/a>. The MRRRI lists addressing the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s dead zone as one of the purposes for the legislation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Louisiana and coastal restoration<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, many states along the Gulf of Mexico lack a federally funded plan for coastal and habitat restoration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Restoration projects in Louisiana are currently developed through the Louisiana Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast. The master plan is a 50-year plan to restore coastal Louisiana, at a cost of about\u00a0 $50 billion. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, a state agency, released its first master plan in 2012, with updates due every five years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLouisiana as a small state, we’re not particularly politically powerful,\u201d Hoke said. \u201cSo how are we paying for coastal restoration? Right now it’s primarily through oil and gas money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Healthy Gulf, almost 70% of the master plan is funded by the oil and gas industry, including settlements from the BP oil spill. However, BP disaster settlement payments are only mandated through 2032.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s\u00a0 no real direct revenue source,\u201d according to Hoke, for most of the coastal restoration plan. \u201cAnd oftentimes, when it gets funding, it’s actually disaster money from flood events or hurricanes. So it’s not necessarily there every year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hoke claims long-term funding, independent of the oil industry, is necessary to stop the increasing rate of land loss occurring in Louisiana.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we can’t drill our way out of the coastal crisis and the climate crisis, and we can\u2019t disaster our way out of protecting our communities from disasters,\u201d Hoke said. \u201cWe need to have proactive investments.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hayley Starshak is a graduate journalism student at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at @HStarshak<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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