About this episode
This episode explores the impact of oil and gas canals on Louisiana's wetlands and discusses current lawsuits against the industry.
Oil and gas canals. You’ve likely heard about the canals—tens of thousands of them, ever-widening, shredding the wetlands. The canals are what some scientists say is Louisiana’s major cause of land loss. In Part 3 of our collaboration with Wetlands Radio, we explore the impact of canals, why industry has gotten away with the damage, and what's being done about it now. And then, what does it actually look like for Big Oil to clean up after itself? We bring you an interview about the current, controversial lawsuits aiming to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for the ways they’ve altered the landscape. EPISODE CREDITS This episode was hosted by Executive Producer Carlyle Calhoun and Wetlands Radio producer Eve Abrams. Wetlands Radio is produced by Eve Abrams and funded by BTNEP, the Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program through the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program. To hear Wetlands Radio episodes in their entirety, visit btnep.org . Sea Change is a WWNO and WRKF production. We are part of the NPR Podcast Network and distributed by PRX. Sea Change is made possible with major support from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academy of…
People in this episode
Hosts: Carlyle Calhoun, Eve Abrams
Topics covered
- wetlands
- oil and gas
- land loss
- environmental impact
- lawsuits
- landscape alteration
Keywords
- wetlands
- oil and gas canals
- land loss
- environmental lawsuits
- landscape alteration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wetlands Radio, BTNEP, Environmental Protection Agency, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, Walton Family Foundation, Meraux Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation
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