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July 28, 2020 05:03 pm GMT

Chevron, Shell, Wells Fargo fund powerful police groups

Many powerful companies that drive environmental injustice are also backers of the same police departments that tyrannize the very communities these corporate actors pollute, write the authors of a newly released investigation by the Public Accountability Initiative. The report is titled "Fossil Fuel Industry Pollutes Black & Brown Communities While Propping Up Racist Policing" and it's a damning indictment of corporate giants who protect their astronomical wealth by exploiting the vulnerable.

From the report:

Shell, one of thebiggestfossil fuel companies in the world and a major global emitter of carbon pollution. It is building a huge ethane cracker plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that some feel couldstart to turnAppalachia into the next Cancer Alley the nickname for the New Orleans-to-Baton Rouge corridor of Louisiana refineries, where Shell is also amajor polluter. Cancer Alley runs through several Black communities that face extremely high rates of pollution and cancer largely believed to be caused by refining and petrochemical operations. Shell is a Featured Partner of the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation and asponsorof the Houston Police Departments Mounted Patrol.Entergyis a publicly-traded, Fortune 500 company headquartered in Louisiana that also services parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy is arguably the most powerful corporate force in Louisiana, with presences on prominent chambers, business associations, philanthropic organizations, and even charter school advocacy groups across the state. Entergy is a Featured Partner of the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation with top billing on the foundations sponsors page. Read the rest

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