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Kristi Naquin shows wind-damaged screens at her home, built as part of the first federally funded relocation project in the United States. Naquin was among the more than 30 residents who used to live along the Louisiana coastline at Isle de Jean Charles, a mostly Indigenous community. Naquin says the 3-year-old homes are substandard.

As millions face climate relocation, the nation’s first attempt sparks warnings and regret

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises

Malcolm Vidrine,a retired biology professor, speaks about rewilding native plants and prairies to Louisiana-based small farmers at the inaugural Louisiana Farmers Climate Convening on Jan. 22, 2024 in Ville Platte, La.

Coastal Desk

Small farmers cry for help as climate change repeatedly kills crops

Terry L. Jones (Floodlight)

Some are asking Congress to add more crop insurance and disaster assistance for smaller producers in the upcoming US Farm Bill.

Research Plant Physiologist Dr. Mary Anne Sayer and Forest Technician Jacob Floyd study Longleaf Pine on Palustris Experimental Forest part of the Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana.

Coastal Desk

Plan to stash planet-heating CO2 under US national forests alarms critics

Pam Radtke, Floodlight

A proposal that would allow industries to permanently stash climate-polluting carbon dioxide beneath national forests puts those habitats and the people near them risk.