Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:55:30 +0000
President Biden included energy efficient, electric air sourced heat pumps in a laundry list of action steps to tackle the climate emergency, including a new push for offshore wind.
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 03:40:33 +0000
A Diné (Navajo) community activist investigates leaks at oil and gas sites in New Mexico. With an infrared camera in hand, a Diné (Navajo) community activist investigates methane leaks at oil and gas sites. Environmental protectors sound the alarm and push for regulation in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin. In Southern Louisiana, land loss poses […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 18:05:29 +0000
New technology for constructing taller wind turbines will open up the wind power floodgates in the US Southeast.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:08:10 +0000
The Louisiana Boardwalk will host one of the many Drive Electric Earth Day events coming up next month. Drive Electric Earth Day is happening throughout the month of April. I first learned about it when someone shared the event at the Louisiana Boardwalk on Facebook. For those wanting to attend the Bossier City, LA, event, […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:20:16 +0000
Louisiana will receive around $75 million for EV infrastructure, the Office of the Governor announced in February. The Office of the Governor noted that under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Louisiana will receive around $75 million over the next five years for this EV infrastructure. $14.1 million of that will be allocated this […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 04:40:21 +0000
Entergy Louisiana will start billing customers statewide $3.2 billion for repairs after five hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. The utility company doesn’t have to pay a dime toward those repairs and its CEO even gets a $4 million pay raise. Meanwhile, all of Entergy’s customers in the state — even those who didn’t have any […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:55:35 +0000
Dream big, Louisiana: Pelican state aims for 5 GW offshore wind, entire US only has 30 MW currently in commercial operation.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:40:59 +0000
The Walton Family Foundation has awarded my local newspapers, The Advocate (Nola.com) and the Times-Picayune, a little over $1 million grant to expand coastal and environmental reporting. The three-year grant will cover the cost of a four-member team based out of New Orleans. The money will be administered by the Society of Environmental Journalists. Nola.com […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 04:07:00 +0000
A small Krewe of Tesla vehicles was a part of the Krewe of Orpheus parade in New Orleans this week on Lundi Gras, which is the day before Mardi Gras. The Krewe of Orpheus was founded by Harry Connick, Jr. and his father, Harry Connick, Sr., who was a former New Orleans district attorney
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:50:10 +0000
You will see more hybrid pickups in the city of New Orleans for its Sewerage and Water Board. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) has deployed 6 new XL plug-in hybrid electric Ford F-150 trucks to its fleet