Cain Burdeau of the Associated Press has done a fine job of documenting life in and around New Orleans since Katrina. In "As New Orleans rebuilds in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a green movement takes root" recently, he writes of the greening of the city and talk of restoring the wetlands, of harnessing power from the MIssissippi with river turbines, and of the rooftop solar panels that are starting to appear:
"For example, in the Lower 9th Ward, hit particularly hard by Katrina, some 20 energy-saving homes are using solar panels.
'I never knew nothing about solar panels until after the storm,' said Mable Howard, an 80-year-old doll maker whose five-room home was flooded. The solar panels were donated and installed for free, and her electric bill has been cut at least in half during some months."
'I never knew nothing about solar panels until after the storm,' said Mable Howard, an 80-year-old doll maker whose five-room home was flooded. The solar panels were donated and installed for free, and her electric bill has been cut at least in half during some months."
Read the full story here.
