Four coastal Louisiana tribes that claim the U.S. government has violated their human rights by failing to take action on climate change submitted a formal complaint Wednesday to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Sea-level rise and coastal erosion are drowning tribal burial sites in South Louisiana, according to the complaint.  

A forum Tuesday at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux will focus on how the community can adapt as seas rise and wetlands continue to erode. The America’s Wetland Foundation will host the Coastal Communities Adaptation Roundtable. Open to the public, it’s scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Student Union’s Bollinger Suite. “Today’s news...