Tristan Baurick

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Trump says the FCC should revoke broadcast licenses of TV networks with show hosts who are critical of him.

“The networks were 97% against me ... 97% negative,” he said. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away."

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Compliance still patchy as New Orleans senior homes face disaster planning mandates and fines - Verite News New Orleans About one-third of independent living facilities are still out of compliance with a city ordinance passed shortly after Hurricane Ida.

"A lot of the responsibility for taking care of the seniors (during disasters) isn’t on the individuals running the independent living centers, it’s back on the seniors.” - Howard Rodgers, New Orleans Council on Aging

Regulators approve energy plan for massive Meta data center in north Louisiana Entergy plans to build three gas-fired power plants to supply energy to Meta's $10 billion data center.

Regulators approve energy plan for massive Meta data center in north Louisiana

Entergy plans to build three gas-fired power plants to supply energy to Meta's $10 billion data center.

Support local alternative media before it's too late New Orleans’ media industry recently gathered at the Cannery for the annual Press Club of New Orleans dinner and awards ceremony where we feted local media legends and the outstanding

WWOZ, WYES, WWNO AND Antigravity are critical parts of our community and need financial support asap

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1—In 2021, Jefferson Parish Deputy Julio Alvarado was caught on video dragging Shantel Arnold, a Black woman, by her hair and slamming her head into the ground. Four years later, that incident has resulted in a $300,000 settlement and a new police accountability law. THREAD

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.

Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?

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#Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy

Canal Street Ferry extends night hours in RTA pilot program The Regional Transit Authority recently began its summer hours pilot program — extending the Canal Street Ferry’s operating hours to 12:15 a.m. every night of the week.

“A majority of folks that we’ve heard from have been specifically service industry workers who use the ferry service and feel that it is an absolute necessity." -- Courtney Jackson, RIDE New Orleans

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Louisiana upholds its HIV exposure law as other states change or repeal theirs State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV. —in partnership with @kffhealthnews.org veritenews.org/2025/07/18/l...

Inside New Orleans' plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings After a 10-year delay, the city passed an ordinance to benchmark its largest buildings in hopes of lowering bills and cutting emissions.

Inside New Orleans’ plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings.

The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035.

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#Energy #NewOrleans #Buildings #Climate #Policy

Inside New Orleans' plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings After a 10-year delay, the city passed an ordinance to benchmark its largest buildings in hopes of lowering bills and cutting emissions.

For @grist.org, my story on New Orleans' long-stalled plan to cut energy use from its largest buildings: grist.org/buildings/in...

Local officials respond to Trump’s desire to eliminate FEMA State and local officials are preparing for possible changes to federal disaster relief following President Donald Trump’s announcement last month that he wants to eliminate the Federal Emergency Mana...

New Orleans lost a $1.2 million flood mitigation grant after the Trump administration began cutting FEMA's budget. By @madhri.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/07/08/d...

The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

A new study estimates the North Atlantic contains 27 million tons of plastic particles. That's 10 times higher than previously thought. By @jbwinters.bsky.social grist.org/science/ocea...

New Orleans City Council passes energy tracking rule for large buildings - Verite News New Orleans After more than a decade of delays, the New Orleans City Council has approved a program to cut energy use in large buildings and help the city meet its ambitious climate goals.

It took more than a decade, but New Orleans' energy benchmarking rule passed today:

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New Orleans aims to cut emissions, energy bills with long-stalled benchmarking law - Verite News New Orleans As thousands of architects and planners flocked to New Orleans in 2014 for the world’s largest sustainable design conference, the city saw a chance to prove it belonged in the green building big leagu...

Over a decade after being praised for its plans to track building energy use, New Orleans is poised to consider an ordinance that would actually require some buildings to monitor and report their consumption.

New for @veritenews.org from @tristanbaurick.bsky.social.

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In 2014, New Orleans was “paving the way” for other cities with an innovative program aimed at making buildings more energy efficient.

More than a decade later, the 'energy benchmarking' ordinance still hasn't been approved. That could change this month...

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Trump Threatens Key OSHA Ally With Plan for Chemical Safety Cuts The Trump administration’s proposal to decommission the agency charged with investigating chemical accidents will hurt employers’ safety compliance efforts in handling highly hazardous materials, safety professionals say.

The Trump administration’s proposal to decommission the agency charged with investigating chemical accidents will hurt employers’ safety compliance efforts in handling highly hazardous materials, safety professionals say.

Ben Carson’s neighbors don’t want his solar farm. They may not be able to stop it. Dr. Ben Carson’s neighbors are opposed to his proposed solar farm in northern Baltimore County. They’re running out of options to stop it, thanks to a new Maryland law.

I can't get enough of the Ben Carson solar farm drama, and readers can't either.

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The Darter Fish and the Data Center - Inside Climate News A newly identified species is already in danger of extinction. A proposed massive data center in Alabama would “nuke” its habitat, scientists say.

A newly identified species is already in danger of extinction. A proposed massive data center in Alabama would “nuke” its habitat, scientists say. insideclimatenews.org/news/1606202...

Entergy to finalize gas business handoff in next several weeks - Verite News New Orleans New Orleans residents will start receiving separate gas bills from Delta Utilities, not Entergy, this summer.

New Orleans will have a new natural gas company after a recently formed company takes control of Entergy New Orleans’ gas business. By
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Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.

This is really a BIG DEAL! Chemical Safety Board to disappear under Trump's orders | Grist grist.org/energy/trump...

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.

“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths.” - Beth Rosenberg, former Chemical Safety Board member

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Trump plan to shut down chemical safety watchdog could mean ‘more explosions, more deaths’ in Cancer Alley - Verite News New Orleans The proposed closure of the Chemical Safety Board follows several other moves by the Trump administration to slash EPA staffing levels and ease federal health and safety regulations.

The Trump administration has quietly proposed closing the Chemical Safety Board.

“Closing the CSB will mean more accidents at chemical plants, more explosions and more deaths,” a former board member said.

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Councilmembers, public grill power officials on Memorial Day weekend blackouts - Verite News New Orleans Forced outages, due to inadequate transmission, lead to renewed calls for grid improvements in the region.

Recent blackouts raised questions over the vulnerability of New Orleans' power systems, especially as Louisiana contends with increasing risks to the grid from more intense storms and growing power demands from AI data centers. By @kjfernelius.bsky.social veritenews.org/2025/06/04/e...

Lawsuit alleges Louisiana law undermines community air monitoring Environmental justice groups say the state law has a chilling effect on their work.

Lawsuit alleges Louisiana law undermines community air monitoring

Environmental justice groups say the state law has a chilling effect on their work.

Lawsuit alleges Louisiana law undermines community air monitoring - Verite News New Orleans Environmental justice groups say the state law has had a chilling effect on their work.

Environmental groups are suing over a new Louisiana law that makes it harder for residents to share data collected about air pollution near refineries and chemical plants.

By @halleparker.bsky.social

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Politico union members allege these tools violated their contract in several ways, and are taking the dispute to arbitration this July.

Louisiana already has 4 LNG terminals. It just added another. The Biden administration put a pause on new terminals. Trump has already approved five LNG-related projects.

Louisiana already has 4 LNG terminals. It just added another.
The Trump administration fast-tracked the project approval, reversing a Biden directive.

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#LNG #Louisiana #Climate #Gas #Environment #GreenSky

Louisiana health researchers could lose millions under cuts to NIH grants - Verite News New Orleans The Trump administration has already terminated funding for studies at LSU and Tulane looking at long COVID, lupus and youth suicide.

"We still need to know about the longevity of the immune response and what happens to people with long COVID. Unfortunately, that had to be shut down.” - @tulaneu.bsky.social researcher

Story by @halleparker.bsky.social: veritenews.org/2025/05/14/l...

Facing rising flood risk, New Orleans considers new fees to tackle drainage woes - Verite News New Orleans Recent polling shows more than half of residents support stormwater fees, new stormwater department.

New Orleans residents may be ready for a new utility fee if it means they won’t have to sandbag their doors or race their cars to higher ground quite so often.
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Facing rising flood risk, New Orleans considers new fees to tackle drainage woes - Verite News New Orleans Recent polling shows more than half of residents support stormwater fees, new stormwater department.

Recent polling shows more than half of residents support stormwater fees, new stormwater department.