Charles Rotter
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry’s recent decision to cancel the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion—an eye-watering $3 billion coastal “restoration” mega-project—has predictably triggered howls of protest from the usual suspects. Funded by BP’s Deepwater Horizon settlement, this diversion was marketed as a climate change adaptation miracle: just open a massive gate and let the muddy Mississippi fix what decades of levees, dredging, and oil exploration broke. Simple, right?
Not so fast.
Let’s look at what really happened here, and why Landry’s skepticism appears not only justified bu…