Down South, Singing the Indie Blues
Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies.
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Archive forNovember, 2007
Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals
The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a “a massive rollback,” and called on their members to continue their walkout.
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New in New Orleans
Two years after Katrina, the city still offers visitors much to see, including some sites that weren’t there before.
Left Off Debate List, New Orleans Sees Politics at Play
The omission of New Orleans this week from the roster of cities that will hold the 2008 debates raised the question of whether politics was behind the site-selection process.
Whites Take a Majority on New Orleans’s Council
In one of the clearest signs yet of Hurricane Katrina’s lasting demographic impact, the City Council will have a white majority for the first time in over two decades.
Aquarium Wins FEMA Pay for Fishing Trips
FEMA agreed to reimburse the New Orleans Audubon Aquarium of the Americas for the expense of restocking a fish collection lost to Hurricane Katrina.
A Displaced Jazz Musician Rebuilds in New York
Davell Crawford, who once opened for Etta James and jammed with Lionel Hampton, now lives in a tiny Manhattan apartment provided by the Jazz Foundation of America.
Square Feet: In New Orleans, a Test of Mixed-Income Housing
Despite the havoc wrought by Hurricane Katrina around this city, one slice of the devastated housing market is showing resurgence.
Panel Picks 4 Debate Sites, Angering Excluded New Orleans
Oxford, Miss.; St. Louis; Nashville; and Hempstead, N.Y., were selected as the sites of the presidential and vice-presidential debates in the general election campaign next year.
Observatory: Katrina’s Damage to Trees May Alter Carbon Balance
The storm uprooted or severely damaged roughly 320 million trees, making an impact on the carbon balance in the region.
In Mississippi, Poor Lag in Hurricane Aid
The state is the only one for which the White House has waived the rule that 50 percent of its federal grants be spent on low-income programs.
Conservation at the Touch of a Button
Companies are giving up control of their electrical systems, and they are being paid to do it. The goal? To better manage the nation’s burdened power grid.
Aiding the Environment, a Nanostep at a Time
The ability to manipulate matter on a tiny scale could lead to environmental breakthroughs. Billions of dollars are being spent, but the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards.
Private Efforts to Preserve the Coast
The concept of an easement is clear when it comes to land. But who owns the water, or the fish, or the right to fish?
Radioactive Nimby: No One Wants Nuclear Waste
More than a half century after the opening of the first commercial reactor, there is still no permanent disposal site for highly radioactive waste.
Foreign Firms Envision Wind Farms Dotting the U.S.
The United States is the fastest-growing market in the world for wind power. Despite a patchwork of laws and regulations, many European energy companies would like to plant their windmills here.
The Carbon Calculus
A proposal in Congress to put a price tag on greenhouse-gas emissions could overturn the economics of energy.
Louisiana Charges Price Fixing by Insurers
The Louisiana attorney general is accusing the state’s largest property insurance companies of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Salt Lake City Is Finding a Payoff in Conservation
Sound environmental policy has emerged as a central organizing principle of the city’s economic growth.
Mum’s the Word: We Found a Greener Gas
What’s greener than HFCs for refrigeration? Carbon dioxide. Thus the public relations problem.