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Breaking News: The Supreme Court dismantles of half a century of health, environmental, and climate justice advocacy.

6/30/2022

Today, the Supreme Court’s far-right conservative majority has ruled in favor of corporate interests like the Koch brothers, and will be moving to limit the powers of the Clean Air Act, dismantling half a century of health, environmental and climate justice advocacy.

The ruling on West Virginia vs EPA constitutes yet another blow as part of a coordinated attack on the health of Black, brown and low-income communities by the U.S. judicial branch, greedy corporations and billionaires, religious extremists, and white surpremacists.

But it does not impact Congress’ and Biden’s power to act on urgent priorities for our communities.

Read more to learn about how you can take action!

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Entergy says rates will go up for most Louisiana customers; see how much by Robert Stewart

6/17/2022

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Article by Robert Stewart
Originally Published on The Advocate
June 3, 2022

Company blames rising natural gas costs, damage from storms

Blaming rising natural gas costs and lingering expenses from a slew of weather disasters over the last two years, Entergy on Friday said electricity rates for most of its Louisiana customers will rise in June by as much as $25 for an average household.

The rate increases will affect areas covered by Entergy Louisiana, the division of Entergy Corp. that supplies power to roughly 1.1 million customers in 58 parishes, including most of south Louisiana.

The impact on customers of Entergy New Orleans, the utility company’s Orleans Parish subsidiary, remains to be seen, but rates could rise later this year if the New Orleans City Council approves a $150 million plan to finance the company’s storm repairs.

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Entergy New Orleans Reliability Judgment

6/14/2022

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On Monday, June 13, 2022, Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Rachael Johnson issued a ruling from the bench granting Entergy New Orleans’ petition for injunctive relief from a $1M fine that the New Orleans City Council imposed in 2019 as a result of routine reliability issues.

The Council opened docket UD-17-04 in 2017 to investigate Entergy’s decision to defer maintenance and upgrades to its distribution system. The Council, as the utility’s regulator, concluded that Entergy had acted imprudently and penalized the company accordingly. Entergy immediately filed suit for injunctive relief, claiming that the Council had not created reliability standards to which it could be held accountable.

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Ban on carbon capture & sequestration (CCS) facilities & pipelines passed by full New Orleans City Council

6/9/2022

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A huge win for New Orleanians! The New Orleans City Council passed R-22-219 banning the development of carbon capture & sequestration (CCS) facilities & pipelines.

This resolution will protect New Orleanians from this expensive and unproven technology that poses significant environmental, health and safety risks to our communities. A report from May 2021 by the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council concluded that carbon capture storage projects will not benefit communities.

Read more to learn more about the dangers of carbon capture & sequestration and why this ban is a win for New Orleans.

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New Orleans City Council Climate Committee votes to ban carbon capture & sequestration facilities and pipelines

6/3/2022

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Yesterday the New Orleans City Council Climate Committee voted to ban carbon capture & sequestration facilities and pipelines. The resolution, R-22-219, will now go to the full Council for a vote.

What is carbon capture and sequestration?
“Carbon capture and sequestration” or “CCS” refers to unproven technologies intended to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) from reaching the atmosphere and contributing to climate change. Plans for CCS involve either collecting CO2 from industrial facilities or removing it from the air. Once collected or removed, the CO2 is either injected underground for disposal or used in the production of more fossil fuels.

Why is The Alliance concerned about CCS?
The coal, oil, and gas industry touts CCS as a “solution” to climate change. But CCS projects have consistently overpromised and underperformed, when they have not failed completely. CCS benefits the petrochemical and pipeline companies by enabling these industries to keep expanding profits while supposedly offsetting their emissions. What's worse? CCS poses significant environmental, health and safety risks to our communities and will have disproportionate affects on Black and Native communities. A report from May 2021 by the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council concluded that carbon capture storage projects will not benefit communities.

We don't want this expensive, unproven technology in our city. Tell your Councilmember to vote "yes" on Resolution 22-219!

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A new model for hurricane response? Nonprofit eyes churches, community centers as recovery hubs by Matt Sledge

6/1/2022

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Article by Matt Sledge
Originally Published on Nola.com
May 24, 2022

A LaPlace church that served food and organized volunteers after Hurricane Ida will be outfitted with solar panels in the first phase of a $40 million project to create dozens of “resilience hubs” across southeast Louisiana, officials said Tuesday.

Supporters of the far-reaching project hope that they can eventually equip up to 100 churches and community organizations with solar power and batteries. The first batch includes the New Wine Christian Fellowship and nine other locations. One goal is to create places where residents can get cool and charge up after a hurricane.

But supporters also hope to cut electricity bills throughout the year and to transform community groups like churches into disaster responders.

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Breaking News: The Supreme Court dismantles of half a century of health, environmental, and climate justice advocacy.

Entergy says rates will go up for most Louisiana customers; see how much by Robert Stewart

Entergy New Orleans Reliability Judgment

Ban on carbon capture & sequestration (CCS) facilities & pipelines passed by full New Orleans City Council

New Orleans City Council Climate Committee votes to ban carbon capture & sequestration facilities and pipelines

A new model for hurricane response? Nonprofit eyes churches, community centers as recovery hubs by Matt Sledge

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