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Hundreds of affordable housing projects are in limbo after Trump administration cuts contracts

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That’s pushed millions in funding already promised to small nonprofits, or yet to be awarded, into the twilight zone. The development is supposed to be in East Biloxi, where lots still remain empty after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. My fear is that, if the project stops altogether, we may never get it started again, he said.

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Chevron destroyed Louisiana wetlands—and now it must pay $740 million to clean them up

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The jury awarded $575 million to compensate for land loss, $161 million to compensate for contamination and $8.6 The torn up wetlands leave South Louisianahome to some of the nation’s biggest ports and key energy sector infrastructuremore vulnerable to flooding and destruction from extreme weather events like hurricanes.

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Trump’s anti-DEI push ends $75 million award to plant trees in places that need them

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Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi River and that offer shade on sweltering summer days. billion to the forest services Urban and Community Forestry program.

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