The Bayou Bridge Pipeline is a proposed 162-mile long crude oil pipeline that would permanently destroy hundreds of acres of wetlands and threaten the drinking water, food and economy of the multiple Parishes along the route. The disappearing wetlands in Louisiana were a large contributor to the destruction seen when Katrina hit and the continued destruction has caused a significant rise in water levels - contributing to climate change - impacting people, plants and animals that depend on the Bayous.
Today I saw some of the destruction first hand.
Despite an injunction issued earlier this month, construction crews were out and working.
Pipeline monitors reported construction in other areas of the proposed route as well.
For more information and ways to help out the work of those combating this pipeline, visit No Bayou Bridge Pipeline
For more backstory and an interview with one of the indigenous women leading the resistance, click here for our interview with Cherri Foytlin.