Despite rising pressure, Metro Service Group is still failing to keep up with pick-ups throughout the areas of New Orleans it serves. New numbers from Nola.com, add to that pressure. […]
Category: Environment
Podcast by Environmentalist Sandy Rosenthal Gives New Voice to Important Issues
July 13, 2021Sandy Rosenthal, the woman who pushed the Army Corp of Engineers to admit that faulty engineering was the cause of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, has started a new podcast – […]
Formosa’s New St. James Project Is The Real Pest
July 7, 2021Residents of Louisiana are intimately familiar with the annoying Formosan termite, but now there’s a new pest by the name of Formosa. Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), a petrochemical company, has […]
Could Locally Recycled Glass Be Used To Rebuild Lincoln Beach?
July 6, 2021While sharing a bottle of wine a few years back, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz commiserated about how much glass was ending up in New Orleans’ landfills. They also cared […]
City Council Sweepingly Approves Resolution for Clean Air
July 2, 2021“My Toxic Mardi Gras” – a headline no one here wants to read, but the possibility was brought up at yesterday’s city council hearing for R-21-239, the Resolution for Clean […]
The S&WB and Entergy Struck a $74 Million Deal. How Will it Impact NOLA Residents?
June 24, 2021Most times Entergy and the Sewerage and Water Board are in the news, it’s because they did something that was nefarious, unscrupulous, or that showcased their incompetence. For once, we […]
Look at This F$#%in Street! Popular Instagram Account Showcases NOLA’s Notorious Potholes
June 21, 2021Taking New Orleans by a storm, @lookatthisfuckinstreet is one of the city’s most popular pothole accounts, “documenting the cracked and sinking streets of the Crescent City.” With almost 29,000 followers, […]
Is the City’s Contract With Metro the Real Piling Trash or Does Metro Stink for Not Picking Up?
June 18, 2021Waste collection is undoubtedly one of the dirtier jobs of our society, but an absolutely essential one. As an essential service, this fact becomes clearest when it begins to waiver, […]
The Conflicts of Interest SB 203 Enables Are As Clear as the Drinking Water Industries Monopolize
June 8, 2021In Louisiana, it’s not uncommon for bills that stink of corruption to fly through the legislature. However, Senate Bill 203 has really outdone itself in regard to malfeasance. The bill, […]
“Green Activist” Investor and Former Tulane Trustee Board Member, Chris James, Pushes Toxic Grain Elevator in Majority Black Community
June 4, 2021Financial news was set ablaze last week when upstart hedge fund Engine No. 1 won at least two seats on Exxon’s board, siphoning shareholder votes–including backing from BlackRock–in their climate […]
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