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Blog Entries by Susan Buchanan from 08/2011

Developers Install Alternative Energy in Old and New Structures

| Posted 08.05.2011 | Green
Read More: Trash Disposal, Electricity Bills, Net-Zero Energy, Solar Systems, Entergy New Orleans, Utilities, Water Heaters, National Renewable Energy Lab, China, Metering, Global Green USA, Green News

During a power outage, you may have groped your way through a hall or stairwell, praying that the lights come on soon. Today's developers are installi...

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Post-Katrina, Mold Worries Subside But Hardly Disappear

| Posted 08.18.2011 | Green
Read More: Fungicides, Air Quality, Orleans Parish School Board, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mold, Mold Katrina, Katrina, Post-Katrina Mold, Green News

This article was published in The Louisiana Weekly in the Aug. 8, 2011 edition. Buildings with bathtub rings and musty smells are less prevalent than...

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Gulf Activists Stage Protest as BP's Cleanup Slows

| Posted 08.21.2011 | Green
Read More: Ken Feinberg, U.S. Congress, New Orleans Police Dept., Oil Pollution Act, Human Health, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Oil Companies, Offshore Drilling, Boemre, Gulf Restoration Network, Fishermen, Green News

BP's gushing well was capped in mid-July of last year but that was hardly the end of the spill saga for Gulf Coast residents.

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Louisiana Reef Fund Plundered During Budget Balancing

| Posted 08.30.2011 | Green
Read More: Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Rigs to Reefs, Louisiana Reef Fund, Green News

With a swipe of the pen, the Louisiana legislature took $26.6 million last month from a fund that converts old oil rigs into reefs where fish congregate. That move will cost the state as it tries to revive the coast, critics say.

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