In Louisiana, the first US climate refugees find new safe haven
Schriever (United States) (AFP) - Joann Bourg stands in front of her new home, about an hour's drive from the low-lying Louisiana island where she grew up -- an area gradually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. "I'm very excited. I can't wait to just move on in," Bourg told AFP. "I've been waiting for this day forever." Bourg is one of about a dozen Native Americans from the Isle de Jean Charles who have been relocated to Schriever, less than 40 miles (60 kilometers) to the northwest -- the maiden beneficiaries of a federal resettlement grant awarded in 2016. They are the first so-called "climat...