#NoGasPlant (aka Entergy New Orleans is Corrupt AF)

A People's Mic: New Orleans

Local environmental activists and residents have been fighting against Entergy and the company's plan to build a natural gas-powered power plant in New Orleans East for the past three years. Shortly after the City Council approved the plant in March 2017, just weeks before the current Council was inaugurated, investigators revealed that Entergy had been paying actors to fill seats at public meetings and voice fake support for the plant -- an illegal practice known as "astroturfing".

On Wednesday, January 23, the new City Council will consider a resolution to "rescind and repeal" the previous Council's approval of the plant. But activists say we don't just need a revote; we need the entire process to be reopened and it needs to be fair and informed from the start.

Renate Heurich (350 New Orleans), Happy Johnson (resident and activist), and Mark Nguyen (VAYLA) joined me in the studio to discuss the plant, the various scandals surrounding it, and how our new Council has a chance to do the right thing.

Thank you Renate, Happy, and Mark for you work and for joining me on the show. And thanks to the entire Energy Futures Coalition for protecting our environment, our health, and our democracy: No Gas Plant, 350 New Orleans, VAYLA New Orleans, Alliance for Affordable Energy, New Orleans Office Sierra Club, and Justice and Beyond NOLA

LEARN MORE:
www.nogasplant.com/
www.facebook.com/nogasplant/

SIGN THE PETITON:
actionnetwork.org/…/no-gas-power-p…nt-in-new-orlea…

COME TO THE MEETING:
www.facebook.com/events/387527075334447/
www.facebook.com/events/2249530471996881/

CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL REPS:
council.nola.gov/councilmembers/

#NewOrleans #EnvironmentalJustice #Entergy #Astroturfing #WTUL #WTULNews #EPNO #NoGasPlant

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