How the fossil fuel industry drums up grassroots support

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By Greta JochemMay 29, 2018, 1:32 pm68 pts
Over the past several months, scores of people showed up to public meetings in New Orleans in support of a proposed power plant. It turns out that as many as 100 of them were paid to be there. The Lens, an investigative news site, recently reported that people were paid $60 to attend and $200 to speak. Entergy,…

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