That's theft.
We should be forbidding any development in NO, and should manage the situation by looking forward and building facilities in a more geologically sound area--realizing that constant change is the nature of a sinking delta.
“We should be forbidding any development in NO, and should manage the situation by looking forward and building facilities in a more geologically sound area—realizing that constant change is the nature of a sinking delta.”
If we follow your idea, we need to forbid construction on virtually any shorefront, in parts of California, in tornado alley, and so on.