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Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement (apnews.com)

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Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

... the state could lose out on more than $1.5 billion in unspent funds and may even have to repay the $618 million it already used to begin building.

This is truly the dumbest shit possible. They are going out of their way to waste money rather than see it be spent on the environment.

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