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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 1 day 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.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

They’ll just get sued and waste more money on the lawsuit that they will inevitably lose.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sounds like the south to me