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Nov 20, 2024 · The United Nations Global Plastics Treaty: validating the struggles of fenceline communities in Louisiana. Though the Biden Administration backtracked its support of a cap on plastic production only a week before UN negotiations begin in South Korea, Louisiana advocates see the tide turning on plastics in a way that could turn future plastic-production facilities in Louisiana into even riskier ...
About The Lens’ property sales search tool
Click here to access The Lens’ property transactions tool. Why is The Lens publishing property transactions? We created this tool as part of our ongoing effort to make public records more accessible and to aid reporting and public discussion about land use in New Orleans. Property transfers are public records and are readily available for […]
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Cantrell wins second term as mayor - The Lens
Nov 13, 2021 · New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was elected to serve a second term on Saturday, defeating 13 challengers to avoid a runoff next month. The outcome is no surprise.
Schools Archives - The Lens
Nov 14, 2024 · The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.
Neighborhoods Watched
Oct 21, 2021 · Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021 “What’s up with these cameras?” That’s what Dee Dee Green remembers thinking the first time she saw one of New Orleans’ police surveillance cameras in 2018, flashing red and blue lights over a community garden she manages in the city’s Hollygrove neighborhood.
Climate report indicates dire future for Mississippi River basin, …
Nov 29, 2023 · The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released earlier this month, warns of wide-ranging climate impacts throughout the United States.The implications for people and the environment in the Mississippi River basin are extreme, but experts stress that it is not too late to slow the worsening effects.
Neighborhoods Watched: The Toolbox - The Lens
Oct 21, 2021 · Motorola CommandCentral. The Motorola CommandCentral package is a video/data integration and analytics software suite that includes CommandCentral Aware, CommandCentral Analytics and CommandCentral Predictive.. CommandCentral Aware is the central part of the Motorola software package. It integrates video feeds, 911 data, patrol vehicle GPS information and more onto a single interface for RTCC ...
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety
Oct 21, 2021 · Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. Clint Carter was suffering from diabetic nerve pain and waiting for a ride to the hospital when he was arrested in June 2018, he told The Lens later that year during a phone call from the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, about three hours northwest of New Orleans.
Neighborhoods Watched: The Cost of a Camera - The Lens
Oct 21, 2021 · Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. The upfront cost of a single New Orleans surveillance camera ranges from $1,094 to $8,263, depending on their capabilities — like zoom, pan tilt and automatic movement tracking — according to city purchase orders and invoices obtained by The Lens.. But the price of the camera itself is only the beginning.