Louisiana on Thursday scrapped a $3 billion project to repair its disappearing Gulf coastline, an initiative funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. Conservationists called it an urgent response to c limate change, though Governor Jeff Landry viewed it as a threat to the state’s way of life.

Louisiana on Thursday canceled a $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline, funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement, scrapping what conservationists called an urgent response to climate change but Gov.

Louisiana cancels $3 billion repair of eroding Gulf coastline funded by 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.