Collection:LPB

Genre: Speech

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2024-02-14

Duration: 00:39:01

Subjects: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge | Honore, Russel L. | Water quality | Environment | WATER SUPPLY

Contributors:

• Honore, Russel Speaker

This episode of the series “Newsmakers” features a speech by retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on February 14, 2024. Honore, the former commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, is the leader of the Green Army, a coalition of civic, community, and environmental groups. He discusses: the mission of the Green Army; the threat to clean drinking water around the world; the challenges facing the water systems in the state; and the possible solutions. He also answers questions from the audience.