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Since the 1930s, when levee building began in earnest, Louisiana has lost a million acres of its coastal wetlands, and faces the loss of another 640,000 additional acres -- an area the size of Rhode Island -- by 2050 !
The environmentalists fought really hard against the levies and just 2 years ago the New York Times blasted more funding for the levies.
The area the levy gave way was an updated section that was just completed so more money wouldn't have done anything to stop the flood.
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