. Power 4 Southern People aims to take power out of the hands of corporate energy monopolies and the corrupt politicians who feed them and return it where it belongs: to the people. This moment marks the one-year anniversary of the Kemper Plant implosion that is a glaring culmination of years of climate injustice inequities affecting thousands of people in communities across the state being exploited by Mississippi Power.
In the early hours of October 9th, houses in Kemper County shook as though from an earthquake. But this was no accident of nature: this was the planned implosion of part of the Kemper Power Plant. Residents had not been informed of the plan to demolish a section of the $7.5 billion dollar plant– but then, residents had not been informed of a lot of things. For instance, many folks living in the plant's vicinity had been told the plant would create jobs, but hadn't been told that their medical bills would likely increase due to the.
It is time for the people to show them they are wrong. This is far from the first time a massive corporation has taken advantage of economically disenfranchised people or communities of color (as of 2021 Kemper County community is comprised of