Finding the Urgency in Climate Change
What the Story of America’s First Climate Refugees Can Tell Us About Our Not-so-distant Future By Harrison Beck A slow fading has begun on the Isle de Jean Charles off the coast of Louisiana. The Gulf of Mexico, long the lifeblood of the island's residents, is rising. After five decades of unprecedented erosion, the consequence of logging and oil projects in the area, the island has lost more than 95% of its former land. […]