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Daniel Nguyen explains the aquaponics process to members of the Vietnamese community.  Photo Credit: David T. Baker

Aquaponics being taught in Vietnamese community

By L. Kasimu Harris The Louisiana Weekly The students’ aim is turning brown poop into green money. So far, they have spent three days in

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Transit Authority to continue enhancing bus service

By Susan Buchanan The Louisiana Weekly You’ve probably heard the slogan “RTA is going your way,” and instead wished the bus was coming your way.

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Rising temperatures, droughts, storms on the rise, report finds
By Katherine Bagley Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: Record heat waves, drought, floods, thunderstorms, tornado outbreaks—extreme weather battered much of the United States and parts of the world in recent years, causing an ...
Naval complex makeover slated for early 2013
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer After a payday loans in cordova tn series of natural and man-made catastrophes, the Crescent City has become a place to share expertise on flooding, high winds, ...
Pearl River fish could take years to rebound
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Last week, the state’s Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries said Temple-Inland Inc. agreed to a $760,246 settlement after a black-liquor discharge by the company’s Bogalusa paper mill ...
La. adapts to natural and manmade climate change
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer South Louisiana residents know that the coast is losing a football field of wetlands to the Gulf each hour as well as they know how the Saints ...
Study finds FDA underestimated health risks of Gulf seafood after BP disaster
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The concerns were often heard in Gulf Coast communities in the months after the BP oil disaster began unfolding last ...
The Gulf’s ocean and inland fish face multiple threats
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer fast cash pennsylvania If it weren’t for bad luck, fish in and near the Gulf might have no luck at all. Decades of overfishing, along with oil ...
State’s dairy operations shrink while milk consumption sags
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer After reports of Japanese radiation in milk as close to Louisiana as Arkansas last spring, and also farther away in Arizona, the U.S. West Coast and ...
Al Gore compares climate change skeptics to racists
payday loans saint paul WASHINGTON — In an interview with FearLess Revolution founder, Alex Bogusky, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore compared the debate over climate change ...

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