The four almost 200 year-old historic buildings in Armstrong Park along with the Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Ida, according to the Save Our Soul […]
Category: Environment
Saturday’s Trash Parade Parody on City’s Botched Pick-Up Attempts
September 17, 2021There are few things that all citizens agree on post Hurricane Ida. The City’s blatant failure to quickly pick up tons of smelly trash and debris from homes and businesses […]
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Pushes Back on Wallace Grain Elevator
September 16, 2021The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) released a decision on September 7th to officially reconsider a coastal-use permit (CUP) application for a grain terminal in Wallace, Louisiana. The […]
Trash Relief Should Begin Wednesday With Arrival of Ceres Environmental
September 14, 2021City officials said today that residents should see a greater volume of debris from Hurricane Ida being removed from their neighborhood streets beginning Wednesday, September 15, and continuing through next […]
Environmentalists Add Their Voice to Those Demanding Accountability From Entergy
September 14, 2021The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) and partner organizations in the Energy Future New Orleans coalition asked the City Council today to “hold Entergy accountable” for their performance […]
Resiliency Politics & Mutual Aid in the Wake of Hurricane Ida
September 13, 2021Resilient, /rəˈzilyənt/, adjective 1. (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. The word resilient is one that has been oft-used to describe those […]
Feed the Second Line Joins Glass Half Full NOLA on Hurricane Preparedness Project, Stay Lit, in Effort To Bring Solar Energy to Local Restaurants
September 10, 2021In the wake of Hurricane Ida, Feed the Second Line is, once again, stepping up to help those most in need in our community. The latest initiative is Stay Lit, […]
Our Government Needs a Better Hurricane Management Plan Now
September 9, 2021It’s easy to point the finger at private sector nursing home operators like Bob Dean and others who house the elderly and infirm for the recent deaths of those shoe-horned […]
Meteorologist Margaret Orr: People Need To Be Smart
September 5, 2021The arrival of Hurricane Betsy in 1965 was a life-changing event for Margaret Orr. When Orr stepped outside the family’s uptown home to watch the storm’s eye, her father quickly […]
Return to Sender: Amazon Seeks to Resume Service at the Expense of Workers & The Public
September 3, 2021Since Hurricane Ida struck Southeast Louisiana, an image of an armored, military truck guarding the Magazine Street Whole Foods has proliferated through social media feeds. Those of the persuasion that […]
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