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 Stories About: Louisiana AND news AND pollution and waste
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Mardi Gross
New Orleans opens new landfill without environmental safeguards |
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08 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Mardi Gross New Orleans opens new landfill without environmental safeguards Without environmental studies or community consultation, a new landfill has been opened on the eastern edge of New Orleans. The site is less than two miles from a community of more than a thousand Vietnamese-American families and across a canal from the largest urban wildlife refuge in the country. Oh, and the landfill will lack certain safegua ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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I'm the Train Wreck They Call the City of New Orleans
New Orleans debris heads to the landfill, isn't reused or recycled |
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14 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| I'm the Train Wreck They Call the City of New Orleans New Orleans debris heads to the landfill, isn't reused or recycled New Orleans is taking great pains to recycle the waste left by Hurricane Katrina. Wait, you believed that? We're totally lying. Debris from the pummeled city is being dumped in the landfill by the truckload, including heaps of potentially reusable building materials such as ... |
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| Topics: green living, Louisiana, news, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics) |
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We'll Always Have Parish
Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups |
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04 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| We'll Always Have Parish Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups New Orleans' ecological recovery is likely to be both complex and lengthy. State environmental officials say Hurricane Katrina left around 22 million tons of debris in southeast Louisiana, 12 million of it in Orleans Parish. The ginormous load of trash ranges from organics like downed trees and rotting food to about 6 ... |
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| Topics: land degradation, Louisiana, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Bourbon Decay
Officials try to get grip on post-Katrina environmental problems |
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06 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Bourbon Decay Officials try to get grip on post-Katrina environmental problems Multiple environmental crises loom in Hurricane Katrina's wake. New Orleans floodwaters are diluting sewage, chemical, and fuel contaminants right now, but these substances are likely to concentrate and deposit as the waters drain. Some parts of the city may become de facto brownfields, so soaked in toxic crud that they'll be unfit for rebui ... |
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