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.
Entergy is among the many US utilities who have started switching from coal to gas power, but have been slower to adopt renewables.
Bottlenose dolphin are dying; oysters, crab and shrimp could be next.
The rural South may be 'red' but it's going solar
Monitoring and research backs use of effluent to revive wetlands
Confusion at the heart of wastewater discharge experiment
While the study won’t end until December, the Corps already believes its tentative selection for replacing the lock is the best in a narrow range of options for easing inland waterborne traffic. But some New Orleans residents say they’re outraged that the Corps is still considering the project, which has been planned for decades.
A Q&A with the New Orleans-based author about his new book.
S&WB and the City of New Orleans announced in 2011 that they were partnering with St. Bernard Parish to help rebuild the Central Wetlands around Bayou Bienvenue. More than seven years later, the project has yet to discharge a single gallon of treated wastewater.
Mosaic told The Lens that the company has not decided to do so — even as the EPA cast doubt on the company’s model used to determine the stability of the reservoir itself.
