Cancer Alley

April 17, 2019

Context

This is a resource page to help people support the call by the Women of Cancer Alley for a moratorium on new petrochemical industry facilities and closure of existing facilities that refuse to reduce toxic emissions to safe levels and continue to endanger their communities. 

Video series for the Women of Cancer Alley

Link: https://bit.ly/2DiNkyK

Podcast

Link: https://bit.ly/2V8N4IM

Links and resources to create social media messages

Memes (to incorporate into social media messages)

 

Key industry groups promoting more toxic industry in Cancer Alley

  • The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (@LABI_biz) / LABI CEO, Stephen Wags: @stephenwags 
  • Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (@LMOGA)

  • Greater New Orleans Inc. (@GNOinc)

Draft social media messages– themed (designed for Twitter but useful on all platforms)

- Focused on industry groups: Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and Greater New Orleans Inc.

  • Just watched “Women of Cancer Alley” and I support their call for .@LABI_biz .@LMOGA and .@GNOInc to stop calling for more toxic industry that harms their communities in Louisiana. https://bit.ly/2DiNkyK #MoratoriumNow #stopFormosa
  • There are already 180 cancer-causing petrochemical plants along Cancer Alley in southern Louisiana: industry groups like .@LABI_biz .@LMOGA and .@GNOInc are pushing for more. I join the women of Cancer Alley and call for a #MoratoriumNOW .@stephenwags
  • .@LABI_biz .@LMOGA and .@GNOInc - You are complicit in destroying peoples’ health, well-being, and wealth. You are targeting majority-Black communities with your toxic industry while corporations you represent make off with millions. #PeopleOverProfits #MoratoriumNow
  • .@LABI_biz .@LMOGA and .@GNOInc - The industries you represent harm people You are targeting Majority-Black communities that suffer from your toxic industry while corporations you represent make off with millions. #PeopleOverProfits #MoratoriumNow

- Focused on national decision-makers

  • .@AOC .@IlhanMN .@BernieSanders .@JusticeDemocrats Thanks for leadership on #GreenNewDeal. On the frontline of the climate crisis the Women of Cancer Alley (La.) are calling for a moratorium on new petrochemical plants and closure of harmful existing ones. https://bit.ly/2DiNkyK #MoratoriumNow

- Environmental (in)justice

  • Majority-Black communities in a place called “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana are on the frontlines of the fight for climate justice. They’ve had enough. I join their call for a moratorium on toxic industry that’s destroying their lives. #stopFormosa https://ccrjustice.org/cancer-alley
  • Majority-Black communities in Cancer Alley are facing devastating health impacts, land loss, and plummeting property values, all to protect powerful corporate interests. Learn more at www.ccrjustice.org/cancer-alley #CancerAlley #GreenNewDeal

- Health Impacts

  • Toxic gas Denka Ltd. expels into the majority-Black town of Reserve (La.) increases the risk of cancer from air pollution to 800 TIMES the U.S. average. Support the Women of Cancer Alley calling for a #MoratoriumNow and closure of Denka's harmful plant. https://bit.ly/2DiNkyK
  • The risk of developing cancer from air pollution is 800 times the national average in some places along Cancer Alley. Communities are calling for a #MoratoriumNow on all new construction of toxic industry, and closure of existing plants. Check out their video series here: https://bit.ly/2DiNkyK

- Cross-movement

  • Black communities from Flint, Michigan to St. James, Louisiana are drinking poisoned water. The levels of cancer-causing chemicals in St. James are eighty-seven times higher than the recommended “health guideline” levels. #CancerAlley

- General 

  • Climate change is already here, and the Women of Cancer Alley in Louisiana are on the frontlines fighting against the devastating impact of toxic industry. Learn more https://ccrjustice.org/cancer-alley
  • The Women of Cancer Alley from southern Louisiana tell us powerful story of resistance to environmental racism, climate change, and corporate greed. I support their call for a moratorium on all new construction of toxic industry and closure of existing plants. #MoratoriumNow

Hashtags

  • #MoratoriumNow
  • #StopFormosa
  • #GreenNewDeal
  • #LaLege

National-level decision-makers

  • @JusticeDemocrats
  • @AOC
  • @IlhanMN
  • @RashidaTlaib
  • @AyannaPresley
  • @BernieSanders

 

 

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May 9, 2019

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