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The Threat That Could Destroy 20 Years of Progress in the Lower Ninth
Mother Jones • Sep 10, 2025

The Threat That Could Destroy 20 Years of Progress in the Lower Ninth

This story was published in partnership with Capital B. Willie Calhoun knows how to live with water. His home, cradled between the Mississippi River and a patchwork of canals, is split by the surging, ever-present current. But it wasn’t always that way in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Before the city’s largest aqueduct, known as the […]

Utilities Are Usually Hostile to Solar and Battery Systems, But Not for These Rural Customers
Mother Jones • Sep 10, 2025

Utilities Are Usually Hostile to Solar and Battery Systems, But Not for These Rural Customers

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Michael Gillogly, manager of the Pepperwood Preserve, understands the wildfire risk that power lines pose firsthand. The 3,200-acre nature reserve in Sonoma County, California, burned in 2017 when a privately owned electrical system sparked a fire. It burned again in 2019 during a conflagration started by power lines operated by utility […]

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