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Water from flooded Upper Mississippi River offers relief after two years of drought

Higher river levels might stave off intense saltwater intrusion
by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens; and Phillip Powell, Arkansas Times July 12, 2024 Updated July 12, 2024

Behind The Lens episode 243: ‘The solar Motherhouse’

Nick Chrastil on a judge's order to the Dept. of Corrections requiring a plan to protect Angola inmates working the Farm line in blistering heat. Delaney Dryfoos on the The Sisters of the Holy Family nuns who are working to build a solar-powered microgrid resilience hub for their neighbors in New Orleans East.
by Carolyne Heldman July 12, 2024 Updated July 12, 2024

Keeping Politics Out of Flood Protection

The writers, from levees.org, believe that Gov. Jeff Landry is acting against the intent of post-Katrina legislation meant to take politics out of the state’s flood-protection boards.
by Sandy Rosenthal and H.J. Bosworth, Jr. July 10, 2024 Updated July 10, 2024

A Decade of Delays: Time for Consumer-Focused Transmission

Although Entergy joined the regional grid to allay U.S. Department of Justice concerns about possible anticompetitive behavior, it seems to be more focused on profits than on the type of regional transmission projects that would most benefit Louisiana businesses and homeowners, says the writer, a former commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
by John Norris July 8, 2024 Updated July 8, 2024

Judge orders Angola to provide Farm Line workers access to shade, rest, sunscreen, and water

by Katy Reckdahl July 3, 2024 Updated July 8, 2024

Behind The Lens episode 242: ‘Extreme heat and dirty water’

La'Shance Perry, Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the jail exceeding its population cap and Angola prisoners still forced to work the fields in extreme summer heat.
by Carolyne Heldman July 1, 2024 Updated July 1, 2024

Nuns Harnessing the Sun

The Sisters of the Holy Family are constructing solar panels on the order’s New Orleans East motherhouse, to create the city’s 12th solar-driven Community Lighthouse – and, over on Dwyer Road, they’re installing solar panels to reduce their neighbors’ Entergy bills.
by Delaney Dryfoos June 30, 2024 Updated June 30, 2024

‘It isn’t very clear who is responsible for the jail getting to that cap’

The Orleans Justice Center has surpassed the city’s jail population cap, sparking questions about how to increase releases while reducing bookings — and what the rising jail population means for the health of those incarcerated and for the city of New Orleans.
by La'Shance Perry June 21, 2024 Updated June 22, 2024

Behind The Lens episode 241: ‘Radical Black joy’

by Carolyne Heldman June 21, 2024 Updated June 21, 2024

Getting everyone’s input on City Park, our backyard

An online survey by the authors — local and national network of certified planners, architects, urban designers, and landscape architects — seems to indicate that outreach for City Park’s new Master Plan never happened, certainly not in any comprehensive manner.
by 150 signatories (see list at end of post) June 20, 2024 Updated June 20, 2024

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