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Category: Environment

Shrinking the Gulf Coast dead zone part 1: Downriver

In the first part of a special two-part series, reporter and photographer Spike Johnson examines how dead zones affect the Gulf seafood industry and efforts being taken in Louisiana to mitigate the problem.
by Spike Johnson September 5, 2019 Updated November 13, 2019

Council utility advisors recommend mandating net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

The report cited “the unique vulnerability of New Orleans to the devastating consequences of climate change and the urgent need for decarbonization to prevent dangerous levels of global warming.” 
by Michael Isaac Stein September 4, 2019 Updated November 19, 2019

S&WB seeks $25 million in bonds for sewer repairs required by sewer consent decree

Money will be used for repairs in eastern New Orleans.
by Michael Isaac Stein August 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

The Big March to Save Lives in Death Alley

Will Louisiana, beholden as it is to Big Oil and the chemical industry, ever get serious about cleaning up Death Alley?
by The Rev. William Barnwell July 29, 2019 Updated November 13, 2019

Council, environmental coalition announce plans to increase city’s renewable energy portfolio

Council plan calls for a new solar plant in eastern New Orleans, solar purchases from outside the city. The coalition’s plan aims to get the city to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Entergy’s emissions reduction goals would yield higher emissions than it produced in 2017

Entergy is among the many US utilities who have started switching from coal to gas power, but have been slower to adopt renewables.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 11, 2019 Updated November 2, 2021

Freshwater diversions are killing the ‘canary in the coal mine’

Bottlenose dolphin are dying; oysters, crab and shrimp could be next.
by Capt. George Ricks June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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

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

Prof disputes column that declared dumping sewage in wetlands a big ‘green’ mistake

Monitoring and research backs use of effluent to revive wetlands
by John W. Day May 20, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Big ‘green’ mistake: dumping sewage in wetlands carries hidden costs

Confusion at the heart of wastewater discharge experiment
by Ed Bodker April 22, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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