Louisiana attorney general withholding flood funds over abortion ban is anti-Black climate terrorism
As hurricane season creeps up on Atlantic coastal communities, New Orleans is flooding once again. Jezebel reported on Thursday that Louisiana’s Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry has once again pushed the Louisiana Bond Commission to “delay a $39 million future line of credit for the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board,” the first time being in July. According to Jezebel, the city issued a flood warning on Thursday, and a special weather statement due to excessive heat is still in effect at the time of this writing. This funding is necessary for critical flood mitigation and response, and is being withheld until the city—a Democratic stronghold and economic center in Louisiana—agrees to comply with the state’s abortion ban.