Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Pointe-aux-Chenes, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2021-09-24

Duration: 00:05:33

Subjects: Hurricane Ida, 2021 | Disaster response and recovery | Solar energy | Renewable energy

Contributors:

• St. Cyr, Kara Host
• Fox, Josh Interviewee
• Heegaard, Will Interviewee
• Upton, Gregory Interviewee
• Neyhart, Thomas Interviewee

This segment from the September 24, 2021, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Kara St. Cyr’s report on the use of a portable solar device as a part of the disaster recovery efforts in Pointe-aux-Chenes, a community in Terrebone Parish without electricity for 22 days following Hurricane Ida. She interviews: Josh Fox, an environmental activist and filmmaker; Will Heegaard, the operations director for the Footprint Project; Gregory Upton, a professor with the LSU Center for Energy Studies; and Thomas Neyhart, the CEO of Posigen.