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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Progress on Louisiana's Coast in 2020
FromDelta Dispatches
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Simone and Jacques close out 2020 with their 150th episode of Delta Dispatches, welcoming Greg Grandy, Deputy Executive Director for Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Greg highlights the immense progress that the agency made on implementing coastal restoration and protection projects in 2020 (https://coastal.la.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/In-Review.pdf), despite obstacles ranging from the Covid pandemic to an extremely active, unprecedented hurricane season. CPRA advanced 112 coastal projects with 49 projects in construction in 2020, and Greg also highlights what's to come in 2021. Jacques then welcomes Marissa Wendte and James Karst from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana on to highlight progress on the coalition's oyster shell recycling program, a new virtual store (https://coalition-to-restore-coastal-louisiana.myshopify.com/), next year's virtual State of the Coast and their annual Shell-A-Bration!
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Louisiana Legislature & the Economic Case for Restoration: On this week's episode of Delta Dispatches, Simone and Jacques discuss how the 2017 Coastal Master Plan becomes law and the economic case for recovery. In the first two segments Simone has Rep. Jerome "Zee" Zeringue (R - District 52) about his time as the chairman and executive director of the CPRA. Zee provides insights into the Louisiana legislature and the next steps for the master plan as it makes it way into becoming a law. In the second half the show, Jacques speaks with Scott Kirkpatrick, the president of the Coast Builders Coalition – a trade association comprised of private sector companies in the business of restoring and protecting the Gulf Coast. Scott speaks to why restoring the coast is the right economic decision for businesses across the state. by Delta Dispatches