JoeChip · @JoeChip
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@AliceMarshall

What's up with people's muted reactions? This is insane shit that should not be happening - replicated at a global scale. And it's getting worse day by day.

#lailluminator #wildfires #Louisiana

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Austin · @riverrat
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I woke up this morning to the smell and haze of smoke coming from the southwestern end of the state, hundred of miles away. I can’t remember ever seeing anything like this. 17 parishes across the state of have declared a state of emergency due to - meaning there are active fires in a quarter of the state’s parishes.

From :

lailluminator.com/2023/08/27/l

#louisiana #wildfires #lailluminator

Last updated 1 year ago

Austin · @riverrat
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Residents in ’s - colloquially known as - are looking to the to enforce common sense regulations, such as fence line monitoring.

From and :

lailluminator.com/2023/07/07/c

#louisiana #riverparishes #canceralley #epa #floodlightnews #lailluminator

Last updated 1 year ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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The Legislature appears to want to continue our race to the bottom in . The current teacher shortage isn’t because it’s too hard to become a teacher. It’s because it doesn’t make economic sense to continue being a teacher when so many other fields will give you less work for better pay.

From :
lailluminator.com/2023/05/04/l

#Louisiana #education #lailluminator #labor #fairpay

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Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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The Louisiana Industry Defense Council has rebranded itself as the Louisiana Industry Sustainability Council, but don’t let that fool you, their message is the same: ignore locals’ desires for a clean, healthy and promote at all costs.

In an area known as is it really unreasonable to be weary of new development?

From and :
lailluminator.com/2023/05/04/p

#environment #industry #canceralley #floodlightnews #lailluminator #Louisiana #chemicalindustry

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Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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has laid off 200 employees from their facility at in . Unlike many tech layoffs, it doesn’t seem that was seeking to reduce it’s workforce. Instead, QA professionals were instructed to train new employees from the UK and Romania, whom they believed to be their replacements.

The are suspiciously timed as employees were in discussions about .

From :
lailluminator.com/2023/03/02/l

#electronicarts #lsu #batonrouge #Louisiana #ea #layoffs #unionizing #lailluminator

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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’s program offers big businesses relief from local taxes while largely cutting local taxing authorities out of the picture. In recent years, reform of ITEP gave local leaders a voice in vetoing applications, but now it seems companies can appeal to the Board of Commerce and Industry (and win).

sought an appeal to the board, which let them off the hook for at least $5 million in unpaid taxes.

From :
lailluminator.com/2023/03/02/s

#Louisiana #itep #folgerscoffee #lailluminator

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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Boring elections have vast consequences. By the sound of it, Devonte Louis is actually walking the walk on , , and policy. Now let’s see if the Public Service Commission can push utilities in the right direction.

From in partnership with and

lailluminator.com/2023/02/17/n

#Energy #sustainability #environmental #Louisiana #lailluminator #floodlightnews #thelensnola

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Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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has some thoughts on what could have done with the $1 million dollars they overpaid to .

(especially ) have long been a priority over just about everything else at ’s flagship , this piece simply highlights the cost of those priorities.

lailluminator.com/2023/02/07/h

#lailluminator #lsu #briankelly #athletics #football #Louisiana #university #education #educationfunding

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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This makes Devonte Lewis’ election to the Public Service Commission even more impressive. It’s also proof that there is a strong base of support in favor of proper oversight and regulation of utility companies and is one more piece of evidence of the industry’s corrupting influence on our politics.

Another great story from the with references from .

lailluminator.com/2023/01/25/l

#Louisiana #fossilfuel #lailluminator #thelensnola #nonprofitnews #localnews #energypolicy #environment

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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We have to demand more from our public utilities, and that means demanding more from the Public Service Commission.

Not just for our pocket books, but for the .

/end rant

This rant brought to you by reporting from the : lailluminator.com/2023/01/19/e

#environment #lailluminator

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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In 2022, the US recognized the harm that do to the health of our military personal with the PACT Act. Meanwhile, in , LDEQ is considering continuing the permits for a burn pit in a town in .

The site is used to dispose of military ordinance, as well as unused fireworks from Disney World.

From the :
lailluminator.com/2023/01/15/t

#burnpits #Louisiana #colfax #grantparish #environment #publichealth #lailluminator

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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I’m sad to say that there’s a lot that feels quite typical in this article from about the way industry and behaves in the of . For some, these projects bring jobs, but for others they bring health risks and further the lack of investment in their communities.

lailluminator.com/2023/01/12/s

#lailluminator #localgovernment #riverparishes #Louisiana

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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From Julie O’Donoghue of the :

Youth held at allege violence from guards, extended lockdown in lawsuit

lailluminator.com/2023/01/06/y

#lailluminator #angola #juvenilejustice

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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How did I not know that has a ? I used to listen to the podcast, but it’s been inactive for some time. I’m excited to get more in my ears!

#thelensnola #Podcast #lailluminator #localnews #lagov #nolanews

Last updated 2 years ago

Austin :fdl: · @riverrat
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The one thing I’m missing from the bird site is local news. Hopefully this latest wave of the will bring over some of my favorite local as well...

#twittermigration #journalists #lailluminator #noladotcom #parlouisiana #Louisiana #nola #localnews

Last updated 2 years ago