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Author: Kevin Fitzwilliam

Can Neighborhood Associations Play a Lead Role in a Sustainable New Orleans?

July 13, 2023 Updated July 17, 2023
The Central Carrollton Association (CCA), a neighborhood group, has partnered with Faith New Orleans for the last four years to lead one of the largest volunteer recycling efforts in the city. 

The power of trees in the fight against global warming, street flooding, and more

September 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Will Louisiana’s rural electricity co-ops help an ‘oil state’ break free of fossil fuels?

June 3, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
The rural South may be 'red' but it's going solar

‘Trashforming’ Carnival from a mountain of waste into a recycling bonanza

February 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Innovative krewe rolls Saturday night.

Restaurants join fight against plastics pollution—but where’s the government support?

October 3, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
New Orleans is missing a chance to market itself as a food mecca committed to sustainability.

Leap to solar in Louisiana requires mandating that utilities use renewables

August 6, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Forty-two states already back 'community solar' — not Louisiana.

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