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Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

The view into the front room of a Gordon Plaza home that will be demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

The view into the front room of a Gordon Plaza home that will be demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, right, steps out of her SUV to watch as houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, right, steps out of her SUV to watch as houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan watches as houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan watches as houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

People gather on a street in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans to witness the first demolition of a home to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

People gather on a street in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans to witness the first demolition of a home to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Inside one of the former homes in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans as demolition of abandoned homes constructed on a toxic waste site begins, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Inside one of the former homes in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans as demolition of abandoned homes constructed on a toxic waste site begins, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Houses in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood of New Orleans are demolished to make way for a solar panel farm, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, far right, and others stand in front of a home in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood as demolition of abandoned homes constructed on a toxic waste site begins, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, far right, and others stand in front of a home in the Gordon Plaza neighborhood as demolition of abandoned homes constructed on a toxic waste site begins, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)