New Orleans In a close vote, the Louisiana legislature recently rejected an effort by the oil, gas, and chemical industry to allow companies in the state to self-report to the state environmental quality agency any violations of pollution standards from their operations. The other gift the industry was seeking was the ability to restrict …
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Beulah Labostrie
Panama City, Panama If it is possible to be a star of a documentary, Beulah Labostrie, the great national ACORN leader, as well as queen and inspiration of the organization and its successor in Louisiana and New Orleans, was just that. Having watched The Organizer in its festival releases and in groups of organizers, leaders, members, …
Crowds on Demand
New Orleans Utility companies are rarely popular companies. Entergy might be one of the least popular of the breed. A huge part of its national business is managing nuclear power plants, rarely on the top ten favorite list for a lot of people. Regionally, Entergy has some of those plants in Taft, Louisiana, Russellville, Arkansas, …