Can flooding be reduced or become the past?
Improvements to keep storm water off the roads
Houses Built on a Landfill – Buyouts Considered
Maybe it is time to celebrate! Jesse Perkins fears for his granddaughter each time she plays in the backyard. Patches barren of grass mean more than just dusty clothes; she could ingest some of the toxic soil on which Perkins’
NO City Council to Oppose Formosa
The New Orleans City Council is considering a resolution opposing a massive Taiwanese plastics facility in St. James Parish that could release the same type of tiny pellets that blanketed New Orleans riverbanks last summer. The resolution, slated for consideration
Mid-Barataria Diversion Builds Land and Economy
The Mighty Mississippi waters full of silt built the Louisiana Delta. The Corps of Engineers, helping commerce, built dams and constrained the River. These efforts helped commerce but stopped the land building and now we are in dire straits. Enter
Plant Based Mardi Gras Beads? Why Not!
This is a good news story on many fronts. Cut down on plastics! Keep the streets cleaner! Cut down on beads hanging in trees! There’s a newcomer in the movement to kick plastic to the curb during Mardi Gras season.
New Orleans Street Heat – Not Equal
No, New Orleans will never be this hot or dry but still at times the same heat seems to be outside as we melt in the humidity. However on the street I live on, closer to St Charles there are
New Orleans Residents above a Landfill – Move us
Local New Orleans residents live above a former land fill and they have been fighting for a long time to be moved. In the summer of 2019, Gordon Plaza residents who live atop the toxic waste of a former landfill
Street Renaming in the Spring. Is our Cause a Lost Cause?
This spring, the street naming decision will be made and our suggestion for Lee Circle does not seem to be in the mix. The debate over renaming 37 streets, parks and public places in New Orleans that currently honor Confederates
Coastal Authority Backs Offshore Revenue Plan
authority A planned U.S. Senate bill to increase the amount of federal offshore oil revenue shared with to Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states, and to set up a similar revenue sharing program for wind energy generated in federal waters,
Third Name for Lee Circle – not Bulbancha Way
A third name was proposed for Lee Circle, not what GNOICC has proposed. The New Orleans City Council Street Renaming Commission settled Wednesday night on its final recommendation for the traffic circle that once hosted a statue of Confederate Gen.