With the help of former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Arlington Virginia-based Venture Global – a producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from “resource rich” North American natural gas basins […]
Category: Air and Water Quality
Long Since Gone, Can Black Residents Regain Thriving Community on Claiborne Without “Monster” Interstate?
April 5, 2023Today, Interstate-10 towers over Claiborne Avenue, cutting a path through the Treme and Seventh Ward. Some residents call it “The Monster,” its massive, concrete pillars lord the raised highway — […]
Louisiana Bucket Brigade Responds to Scalise-Led Energy Legislation
April 1, 2023The U.S. House of Representatives’ recent passage of energy legislation aimed at expanding mining and fossil fuel production in the U.S. brought a quick rebuke from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade […]
RISE St. James Has Full Agenda To Combat Environmental Racism in 2023
January 11, 2023In 2018 Sharon Lavigne was just an every-day special education teacher at St. James High School who was tired of the foul odors in her St. James Parish neighborhood when […]
Tens of Thousands At Risk of Disconnection As Entergy Resumes Shutoffs Tomorrow
October 31, 2022According to information released by the utility, over 20,000 accounts are at risk of disconnection, prompting local advocacy groups to push the city council to take steps to extend the current moratorium.
Saltwater Moves Up Mississippi River Towards New Orleans, USACE to Construct Barrier Sill
September 29, 2022Saltwater intrusion in the Mississippi River has reached the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) trigger levels, prompting them to begin construction of a barrier sill to protect municipal drinking water intakes in Plaquemines Parish, the Corps said on Wednesday.
Political Blackmail: SWB Infrastructure Funding Withheld Over New Orleans Abortion Stance
August 23, 2022The Louisiana State Bond Commission denied $39 million in funding for a critical New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board infrastructure project at the urging of Attorney General Jeff Landry.
Analysis Shows Greater Pollution Effects After Hurricane Ida
June 6, 2022It has been known for a while now that Hurricane Ida was a deadly and destructive hurricane last year, making it the second-most damaging hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana […]
City Council Clashes with Cantrell Over SWB Accountability, Public Works Budget
March 18, 2022Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans City Council have clashed several times over the past week over measures regarding control over and accountability for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (SWBNO), as well as budget money for public works projects and other city departments.
IPCC Report “A Damning Indictment of Failed Climate Leadership”
March 8, 2022Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the second portion of their sixth assessment report. The report offers a look at the most up-to-date information available on the planet’s changing climate, and some scientists are calling it “the bleakest warning yet.”
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