Rachel Maddow of MSNBC video: Wetlands are more than just pretty green nature

Rachel Maddow of MSNBC illustrates the vital importance of healthy wetlands to the safety of the metro area by comparing storm surge heights in Chalmette to Slidell and size of the wetland buffer. She explains the importance of wetlands to the protection of the entire Gulf Coast region – wetlands that are already eroding at an alarming pace and are now drastically threatened by encroaching oil from the BP oil disaster.

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Southeastern Louisiana is “America’s toilet, America’s sushi bar and America’s gas station”  - Prof. Larry McKinney of Texas A&M

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