Book chapter
Who Destroyed the Marsh?: Oil Field Canals, Coastal Ecology, and the Debate over Louisiana's Shrinking Wetlands
Louisiana Legacies, pp.331-341
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
2013
DOI: 10.1002/9781394260836.ch24
Abstract
There has long been a scientific debate over the causes of destruction, which in recent years has become increasingly a political debate, with the oil industry‐the dominant economic engine in South Louisiana‐singled out as a leading culprit. Casting an eye at more than 9,000 miles of oil field canals, nearly 4,000 active platforms servicing 35,000 wells, and 29,000 miles landing across the Louisiana coast, many people have rushed to convict the oil industry as destroyer of the marsh. Early scholars reported on Louisiana's shrinking wetlands and understood the main factors that contributed to marsh deterioration: subsidence, erosion, and sea‐level rise. In August 2002, coastal restoration advocates launched “America's Wetland,“ a massive public education initiative to spread awareness across the nation and around the world about Louisiana's shrinking wetlands.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Who Destroyed the Marsh?: Oil Field Canals, Coastal Ecology, and the Debate over Louisiana's Shrinking Wetlands
- Creators
- Tyler PriestJason P Theriot
- Contributors
- Janet Allured (Editor)Michael Martin (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Louisiana Legacies, pp.331-341
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ, USA
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781394260836.ch24
- Number of pages
- 11
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- History; Geographical and Sustainability Sciences; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984572243302771
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