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This movement is created by leaders who are inspired to take action. While we are all connecting by our shared goals to fight fracking’s harms, each and every leader brings a different perspective to this fight. And each perspective has a unique story behind it – a story to tell and to inspire.We’ve teamed up with producer Ryan Clover from Eco-Defense Radio to interview leaders in the Halt the Harm Network about everyday life, and what inspires them to action, day in, day out.
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In this episode, Sharon Lavigne shares her experience fighting to stop petrochemical factories and other toxic industries in America’s Cancer Alley in St. James Parish, LA. Sharon Lavigne is a recipient of the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship, and won the 2021 Goldman prize for environmental defenders. She led a grassroots mov…
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In this episode, Allie Rosenbluth tells us about her work organizing rural communities across southern Oregon to stop the proposed Jordan Cove Liquified Natural Gas export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline. The Jordan Cove LNG project would produce 15 times the climate pollution of Oregon’s last remaining coal plant and create eno…
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16 - Ron Gulla, Fracking Destroys Everything We Love
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In this episode, Ron Gulla shares his experience being impacted by fracking and challenging the industry in PA. Ron Gulla is a recipient of the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship, and one of the first voices to speak out against fracking in PA after his farm was contaminated by Range Resources. This podcast is a project of Halt …
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Hi Friends! It's been a while since we released an episode – but we're back with a new season! This introductory episode introduces you to Krishna Roy, who will be hosting some of the upcoming episodes of the podcast. We talk about the value of getting to know people in the movement beyond what we hear at meetings, rallies, or press conferences. Th…
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In this episode Travis London shares his story of taking leadership on environmental issues in his community in Donaldsonville Louisiana. We talk about networking, movement building, and learn about his experience fighting the Bayou Bridge Pipeline which would connect oil from the Bakken fields with refineries on the Gulf Coast. Travis wants all of…
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In this episode Andy Myers joins us to talk about using film as a tool for organizing and mobilizing around an issue. Andy Myers is the Campaign Coordinator for Working Films. A longtime proponent of linking films and activists, he has coordinated several state and national film campaigns, facilitated cross-organizational coalitions, and led multip…
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13 - Dante Swinton, Energy Justice in Baltimore
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In this episode Dante Swinton, the coordinator of the Divert Baltimore Program talks about organizing and advocating for alternatives to developing a waste incinerator that would cause a public health crisis in Baltimore. By taking leadership and a design thinking approach, Dante is able to show that diverting the waste from incineration has social…
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12 - Eliza Griswold, Author of Amity and Prosperity
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In this episode you’ll hear a recording of a webinar presentation that Eliza Griswold, author of Amity and Prosperity brought to the network. The presentation is followed by a Q&A with Eliza. In Amity and Prosperity, the prize-winning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of Appal…
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11 - Raina Rippel, Environmental Health Project
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In this episode Raina Rippel from the Environmental Health Project talks about the Citizen Science Toolkit, a helpful resource for anyone who wants to protect their family and neighbors from the harms of fracking. This toolkit is an expansive document that details ways that anyone can participate in monitoring environmental health impacts. We talk …
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10 - Walter Hang on strategy, focus, and doing the work to crush industry plans.
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Walter Hang from Toxics Targeting has led unprecedented victories against oil and gas projects in upstate NY – and in this interview he explains his strategy of balancing the message with an incredibly focused demand. The trick, he says, is that there is no trick – there are no shortcuts to the hard work, training, and commitment we need to win. Wh…
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Welcome to Halt the Harm Podcast, I'm your host Ryan Clover. The network is to support leaders who are taking action to protect themselves and their communities from the harms of oil and gas industry. The podcast is a way to learn more about the people in the network, how they got involved, what work they're doing. If you have a story to share, ple…
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09 - Karen Edelstein, Mapping the Movement
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In this episode Karen Edelstein helps us understand how maps are used as a powerful tool in protecting our communities. Maps gives us a big picture view of the land, industrial activity, and even the various people and organizations working to protect the environment. By comparing maps and data we can discover new trends, even possibilities for our…
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08 - Ranjana Bhandari, Holding Strong for a Liveable Arlington
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Ranjana Bhandari is a mother and economics lecture. She bought a house in Arlington Texas in 1993. It’s Texas, so it didn’t shock them when the realtor mentioned mineral rights – but hundreds of fracking wells right in their neighborhood, on school campuses, street corners, and city blocks? It was hard to believe. Most of her neighbors signed the g…
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08 - Melinda Tuhus, Beyond Extreme Energy
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Melinda Tuhus has been an environmental activist for decades – but throughout the past five years has become focused on the fight to slow climate change. As a reporter she's covered climate stories like mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia and the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. In this interview she shares her perspective on clim…
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07 - Sara Rasmussen and Heather Harr – Fracking and Public Health
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On this episode we've got two guests, Heather Harr and Sara Rasmussen – we're talking about the impacts of fracking on public health. Heather Harr is the project director for the League of Women Voters in Pennsylvania's Straight Scoop on Shale Drilling. She talks about the upcoming Shale and Public Health Conference, and also shares some valuable r…
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06 - Gillian Graber - Protect Our Children From Fracking
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Gillian moved into a residential suburban neighborhood to raise her children and live a peaceful life – but then she received a letter from an environmental monitoring group warning her about a proposal to frack for shale-gas in her neighborhood. If allowed, it would immediately endanger her family and community – so Gillian took action. In just a …
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05 - Lisa Graves-Marcucci, How to Challenge Industrial Permits
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If you are concerned with fracking infrastructure you're going to find this interview with Lisa Graves-Marcucci incredibly valuable. Lisa shares two decades of experience challenging industrial activity such as coal, oil, and gas projects. She helps us understand what questions to ask, where to intervene, and how to identify the tactics used by ind…
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04 - Mike Younger, Backwoods Pipeline Surveys
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When Mike Younger learned about a compressor station being built near hear farm he started to ask questions – after hiking out to visit pipelines in rural Tennessee he was spurred into action. He found places where the pipes were exposed, crossing rivers, or in dangerous flood zones. He started taking pictures, gathering data, and compiling a repor…
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03 - Vera Scroggins, Defending Environmental and Human Rights
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"In this episode, award winning environmental activist Vera Scroggins joins us from Pennsylvania to share her perspective on fighting fossil fuel development – even though it's sometimes uncomfortable or risky." See the complete shownotes at https://www.ecodefenseradio.org/2016/09/15/vera-scroggins/" Vera has been documenting violations of the frac…
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02 - Alex Lotorto on Supporting Frontline Communities
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In this episode Alex Lotorto joins us from Northeast Pennsylvania to talk about the value of building grassroots support networks to sustain our movement. He shares valuable insight for anyone who cares about the future of the environmental movement and wants to support the people most impacted by the issues we talk about in our work." Click HERE t…
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01 - Alma Hasse Challenges Oil and Gas in Idaho
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"In this episode Alma Hasse joins us from Idaho to share how she became involved in organizing to protect her community from oil and gas impacts. Alma is a recipient of the Community Sentinel Awards presented by FracTracker Alliance. In this conversation Alma shares why she began confronting the oil and gas industry in Idaho." Click HERE to see the…
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In this introductory episode I speak with Dawn Arteaga and Marty Kearns, both organizers with Halt the Harm Network – then Sam Rubright from FracTracker joins me to talk about the Community Sentinel Awards. Shownotes http://www.ecodefenseradio.org/2016/09/08/halt-the-harm-podcast-welcome-episode/By Ryan Clover
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