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Behind The Lens: False claims, Actual penalties: Why an Iberia parish photo voltaic farm by no means obtained constructed (audio)


On this episode of Behind The Lens, environmental reporter Delaney Nolan talk about how a wave of misinformation helped derail a proposed photo voltaic farm in Iberia Parish.

The mission promised thousands and thousands of {dollars} in native tax income and represented a rising funding in renewable vitality throughout Louisiana. 

Nolan explains how misinformation formed public opinion, why the mission turned a flashpoint in Iberia Parish, and what its collapse reveals in regards to the challenges dealing with Louisiana’s clear vitality future.

Be part of us for an in-depth dialog about renewable vitality, public belief and the real-world penalties of misinformation.

Visitor: Delaney Nolan
Host: Carolyne Heldman

Theme music by Podington Bear. Further music, “Groundswell,” by Podington Bear, courtesy of soundofpicture.com. Further audio courtesy of NPR.

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