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The City of New Orleans broke ground on the new Mirabeau Water Garden in Gentilly this week. The green infrastructure project is the first of several planned for the neighborhood in an effort to reduce flood risk.
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On the heels of Mississippi’s record-breaking summer, the historic neighborhood hopes that adding more trees and green space can solve its heat island problem.
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To combat flooding and extreme heat, a new master plan for rebuilding New Orleans’ urban forest calls for 100,000 new trees to be planted by 2040. Released Friday, the Reforestation Plan calls for the city to craft its first comprehensive tree policy to start protecting the trees New Orleans already has and ramp up efforts to maintain the tree canopy as more are planted.
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Two disaster-related bills proposed this week in Congress could offer relief for Louisiana communities affected by extreme weather. One would create a…
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Many of South Louisiana’s problems overlap with water, like urban flooding and coastal land loss. In recent years, more businesses are popping up to…
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Several Louisiana mayors are part of a group lobbying lawmakers in Washington D.C. this week to support infrastructure spending -- and with a particular…
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Environmental issues were big news in 2018 - locally, nationally, and globally. World leaders from 195 countries gathered in Poland to discuss how to…
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Several green infrastructure projects will be coming to New Orleans' most flood-prone neighborhoods thanks to an $86-thousand grant from the Institute for…
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On Wednesday, congress passed America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which could encourage the Army Corps of Engineers to build more green…
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The city of New Orleans is launching a new program to help Gentilly residents install green infrastructure on their properties to absorb rain water. In…