“You Can't Restore Coastal Louisiana” (Extra Scene from 'Oil and Water')

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Louisiana is currently losing around a football field's worth of land every hour to the encroaching ocean. The erosion is due to an array of factors, from an ill-conceived historic levee system, the legacy of oil and gas drilling and, of course, the area's susceptibility to hurricanes.

In this extra scene, VICE News learns how the oil and gas industry in the gulf is responsible for Louisiana's vanishing coast line.

Read: Ten Years After Katrina, Here's What's Happening to Louisiana's Coastline