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Tag: Deep South Center for Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice in Louisiana: Communities Push Back as Industry Expands

March 25, 2025

Along Louisiana’s industrial corridor—known grimly as “Cancer Alley”—a growing movement is demanding environmental justice Louisiana 2025 and accountability. As petrochemical plants continue to expand in predominantly Black and low-income communities, groups like RISE St. James and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice are amplifying calls to stop pollution, protect health, and end discriminatory zoning. […]

City Council, Entergy Battle Over Apparent Past Failures and Future Relationship

September 22, 2021

A calm but defiant City Council President Helena Moreno led other members in a full-throttle preliminary dialogue of Entergy's actions "before, during and in response to Hurricane Ida" while Entergy sought to minimize their responsibility and signal possible change in the very nature of its decades-long and extremely profitable relationship with the City of New […]

Environmentalists Add Their Voice to Those Demanding Accountability From Entergy

September 15, 2021

The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) and partner organizations in the Energy Future New Orleans coalition asked the City Council today to "hold Entergy accountable" for their performance or lack thereof during Hurricane Ida and the ongoing recovery process. Specifically, DSCEJ has requested that the council conduct a full investigation of Entergy's massive […]

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