City behind schedule on cleaning catch basins
Catch Basin Cleaning behind last year
I Think it has Rained and Rained and Rained! It Has!
f you suspect it’s been raining more than usual in New Orleans, that’s because it has.
Good Morning, Good Evening Circle?
New Orleans civil-rights activist Jerome Smith likes Good Morning, Good Evening Circle
Trees, Trees and more Trees in New Orleans
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, or SOUL has led volunteer plantings in several neighborhoods since 2016, including one that added almost 900 trees in Old Algiers. Next, it will plot the city’s plans toward reestablishing the canopy.
Mayor supports Diversion
The Mayor backs the Mid-Barataria Diversion.
90-100 Millions of Acid Water – to be Dumped in the Mississippi
More pollution aimed at our drinking water
Improvements to keep storm water off the roads
Can flooding be reduced or become the past?
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