In March 2020, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to pass a “Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard" (RCPS), which would mandate carbon emissions reductions from the city's energy provider, Entergy New Orleans. The RCPS comes nearly three years after the Council published their Climate Action Plan, which envisions a 50% reduction in New Orleans' greenhouse […]
This wasn’t the first time Ed Graf had dealt with the Sewerage and Water Board (SWBNO). One time he’d been over charged by $55. Nor is this the first time the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board overcharged someone. Big Easy Magazine has seen bills by customers being charged thousands of dollars extra. However, this […]
The Yuratich family has lived in Navarre for 10 years now and they’ve been dealing with the same troublesome leak for 7 of them. In 2013, Jessica Yuratich’s father-in-law noticed a sinking spot in the yard right next to the driveway. Because of its proximity to the lot’s water main, Jessica reached out to the […]
While it may not be the race that everyone’s talking about, it should be. The run-off for the Louisiana Public Service Commission District 1 seat will decide where billions of residents’ dollars go, and the fate of solar energy in Louisiana. Whether solar sinks or swims, how much you pay for utilities, and who you […]
Whether you’re liberal or conservative, old or young, a Canes or Popeyes fan, there is one thing that everyone in New Orleans can agree on: our Sewerage and Water Board sucks. And it seems like they just keep getting worse. Since the coronavirus pandemic began, bills have increased dramatically. The department’s executive director Ghassan Korban […]
The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (SWBNO) issued a precautionary boil water advisory for the Lower Coast Algiers area on Friday, October 2. According to SWBNO, the advisory is due to a drop in water pressure after a driver struck a fire hydrant. Residents living in the affected area should use bottled water or […]
According to a report from Nola.com, Carmouche & Marcello, a Baton Rouge-based law firm representing Louisiana’s coastal parishes, reached a landmark settlement with the oil and gas firm Freeport McMoRan that is aimed at restoring damage to Louisiana’s coast. The mining giant agreed to pay a total of $100 million dollars in cash and environmental […]
According to a newly released report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), catastrophic superstorms combined with rising sea levels could result in hundreds of millions of people from coastlines around the world to be displaced. The findings represent a “special report” on the Earth’s frozen zones, or cryosphere. A draft of […]
According to President Trump, federal water protections are among the “worst” of regulations. For businesses like oil companies and plants, these rules outline a way of doing operations that have been seen as a headache by number crunchers, but as necessary by environmentalists and those who care about accountability.
It’s been only a week or so since President Trump denounced his administration’s own Climate Change report, with an aggressively dismissive shrug. WhenThe Fourth National Climate Assessment came out, it caused quite the stir, with data to concern even the most stringent deniers.
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