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New Orleans is ready for resilient power.

11/25/2019

Article by Andy Kowalczyk & Marriele Mango
Originally published on The Lens
November 25, 2019

If you live in New Orleans, you know how often the electricity goes out. Advisers hired by the New Orleans City Council found that, between June 2016 and May 2017, there were a total of 2,599 outages and roughly half lasted two hours or more.

Sure, some of this can be blamed on heat, flooding and storms, but more than half the power outages reported were unrelated to weather. More than a third resulted from equipment failure.

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Letters: New standards would help Louisiana face climate change

11/14/2019

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Article by Tan Nguyen
Originally published on The Advocate
November 12, 2019

When I lived in small village in Vietnam, there was not much my community could do to combat climate change due to a lack of technology and education regarding the climate crisis. It was painful to see our planet suffer and not be able to do anything about it.

I’ve lived in New Orleans for two years now. This city inspires me with the way the community embraces so many cultures. Our New Orleans culture is directly at risk with the current climate crisis. Not only is the community’s way of life at risk but the vast and complex ecosystem that surrounds New Orleans is as well.

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