After Katrina, New Orleans is Going Green. By Cain Burdeau, AP, January 27, 2009. "In rebuilding [New Orleans] since Hurricane Katrina, homes are being fitted with solar panels, organic farming is catching on and the city's got a new fleet of hybrid buses... Before Katrina, government officials rarely talked about renewable energy or 'green building'... Environmentalists were shut out of Louisiana politics for decades. Now, they see a watershed era taking shape... Urban organic farming also has gained momentum, new bicycle lanes are being planned... The greening could gain greater footing under President Barack Obama, who recently named Lower 9th Ward native Linda Jackson to head the Environmental Protection Agency."
2009-01-27
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