Rising fortress in sinking land near New Orleans
Venture Global builds a 632 acre Plaquemines Parish LNG plant protected by a 26-foot sea wall and 220-foot pilings to fend off floods from rising seas. Critics warn the facility could become an island in extreme weather as Gulf wetlands erode and climate change accelerates.
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Steven Mufson
Washington Post
Plaquemines Parish
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Navy Air Base
Arlington
Virginia
Washington
National Mall
Gulf
United States
Bradley Campbell
Conservation Law Foundation
Venture Global
Plaquemines Lng
Plaquemines
Jessica Szymanski
Torbjérn E. Térnqvist
Tulane University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
America
Biden
Donald Trump
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
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