Chevron, Shell, Wells Fargo fund powerful police groups

” Numerous effective business that drive ecological oppression are likewise backers of the exact same police departments that tyrannize the really communities these corporate stars contaminate,” compose the authors of a freshly launched investigation by the Public Responsibility Effort The report is titled “Fossil Fuel Industry Contaminates Black & Brown Communities While Propping Up Racist Policing” and it’s a damning indictment of business giants who secure their astronomical wealth by exploiting the susceptible.

From the report:

• Shell, one of the most significant nonrenewable fuel source business in the world and a major global emitter of carbon pollution. It is constructing a big ethane cracker plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that some feel could start to turn Appalachia into the next “Cancer Alley”– the nickname for the New Orleans-to-Baton Rouge corridor of Louisiana refineries, where Shell is likewise a significant polluter Cancer Alley goes through a number of Black communities that face very high rates of pollution and cancer– mostly believed to be brought on by refining and petrochemical operations. Shell is a “ Featured Partner” of the New Orleans Police & Justice Structure and a sponsor of the Houston Authorities Department’s Installed Patrol.
• Entergy is a publicly-traded, Fortune 500 business headquartered in Louisiana that also services parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy is probably the most powerful corporate force in Louisiana, with presences on prominent chambers, organisation associations, humanitarian companies, and even charter school advocacy groups across the state. Entergy is a “ Featured Partner” of the New Orleans Cops and Justice Foundation with top billing on the structure’s sponsors page. In 2018 Entergy made headlines after it paid actors $60-200 dollars to pose as grassroots fans at a City board meeting that was thinking about the business’s proposed gas-fired power plant in New Orleans East, home to a large Vietnamese community. The resulting scandal, suit, and city board investigation prompted the Entergy New Orleans CEO to step down
• Wells Fargo is the second biggest global banker behind nonrenewable fuel sources, with almost $198 billion in funding in between 2016 and2019 The scandal-ridden bank has a slew of ties to police foundations. It is a platinum sponsor and has 2 board seats with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Structure. It is also a partner and donor to the Seattle Cops Structure, a director and sponsor of the Atlanta Cops Structure, and a donor to the Salt Lake City Cops Foundation. When it comes to monetary ties to racist practices and organizations, Wells Fargo comfort with the cops is just one example: the bank has been included in inequitable loaning, propping up private jails, and much more (for more information, examine out the ACRE’s Forego Wells campaign).