The New Orleans news site The Lens has revealed the energy company Entergy paid actors to attend—and in some cases speak at—public hearings to support a proposed $210 million power plant in eastern New Orleans. Photographs from the hearings show dozens of people wearing the same orange shirt that read “Clean Energy. Good Jobs. Reliable Power.” One actor said, “They paid us to sit through the meeting and clap every time someone said something against wind and solar power.” The New Orleans City Council approved the new Entergy power plant in March. Environmental groups have sued to block the project, in part because they were turned away from public meetings because of lack of space.