Projects to protect and rebuild Louisiana’s coast would be accelerated under a draft update to the state’s coastal master plan.

Responding to and preparing for climate change is a huge driver of environmental work globally, according to several firms in the sector.

As the incoming Trump administration looks for ways to fund its massive $1-trillion infrastructure plan, it could find answers by looking toward the states—in particular, Colorado, California and Oregon.

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina winds pushed water from Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans’ three major drainage canals, putting pressure on floodwalls-topped levees that failed to withstand the load of the water.