Spotlight
Celebrating the Decade-Old Law That’s Reviving Louisiana’s Climate-Vulnerable Coast
A decade ago, in the devastating wake of the Gulf oil spill, Congress passed the RESTORE Act. This landmark legislation not only helped repair the immediate environmental and social damage caused by the disaster, it provided critical funding to improve coastal resilience in Louisiana and other Gulf states.
RESTORE Act dollars sparked an unprecedented effort to restore threatened ecosystems and build long-term resilience to protect people and communities from the impacts of climate change.
I spoke with Natalie Snider, Associate Vice President for Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds at Environmental Defense Fund, about the impact this transformative legislation has had on states like Louisiana in just 10 years.