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The Fundred Dollar Bill Project was an art project implemented by the American artist Mel Chin to draw awareness to and propose a funding solution for the lead contamination in the soil of New Orleans, Louisiana.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Louisiana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Water and wildlife: granting state authority over anti-pollution statutes: Supreme Court of the United States: 2007 National Audubon Society v. Superior Court: Water: supply from Mono Lake: Supreme Court of California: 1983 New Jersey v. Delaware: Water: liquefied natural gas pipeline: Supreme Court of the United States: 2008 New York v. United ...
The Natural Resources Defense Council has long advocated for addressing widespread problems of lead-contaminated drinking water. The environmental group has called for more testing and replacement ...
The White House has made removing every lead pipe within 10 years in the United States a centerpiece of its plan to address racial disparities and environmental issues in the wake of water ...
Every child has the right to attend a school where their water isn’t contaminated with lead, and U.S. public health agencies have a responsibility to protect them from being poisoned.
In addition to the City of New Orleans, other claimants include Entergy New Orleans, the city's now-bankrupt electric utility, and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. [ 46 ] In February 2007 U.S. District Court Judge Stan Duval ruled that the Flood Control Act of 1928 did not apply to cases involving navigational projects. [ 47 ]
Utility companies have warned for years about the hazards of Mylar balloons and that message resounded Thursday across New Orleans as most of the city's nearly 370,000 residents were under a boil ...