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Category Archives: Environment
Historic McMillan Park: To Whom Does it Belong, the Few or the Many?
LISTEN TO TONY NORMAN: download mp3 “You cannot separate the history of the District of Columbia from the history of the nation.” – Commissioner Tony Norman Several decades before the Freedom Riders and sit-ins of the civil rights movement, McMillan … Continue reading
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Indigenous Activist Kandi Mossett on the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline
LISTEN TO KANDI MOSSETT: download mp3 You give respect, you get respect. Right now, we’re not giving respect and we’re paying for it. – Kandi Mossett “I was getting interviewed and this lady was saying, ‘Well, we obviously need oil. … Continue reading
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Upside Down World: Chief Erasmus Discusses the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline
LISTEN TO BILL ERASMUS: download mp3 The Dene First Nation is located not far from Alaska in Canada’s Northwest Territories. “We’re what is called ‘people that are on top of the world’ because we’re in the most extreme northern parts,”said … Continue reading
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Pepco(al)
LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE PEPCO PROTEST: download mp3 “Pepco(al) sources a fair amount of coal from mountaintop removal coal mining sites,” said Jamie Trowbridge, an activist with DC Rising Tide. Trowbridge took part in a May 20 protest outside … Continue reading
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ICC: The Road To Hell Is Paved
LISTEN TO GREG SMITH download mp3 You can’t Save the Bay and Pave the Watershed at the same time. – Greg Smith “My greatest regret is that we didn’t raise our voices higher more often and that we didn’t block … Continue reading
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Mixing Local Politics and Local Food
LISTEN TO JOHN GLOSTER download mp3 Ten years ago, what was then Ward 8′s only supermarket was closed. Members of the D.C. Statehood Green Party responded by starting their own market. Ten years later, the Ward 8 Farmers’ Market is … Continue reading
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The Movement Against Mountaintop Removal
LISTEN TO TRICIA SHAPIRO HERE: download mp3 Author Tricia Shapiro has closely followed the grassroots movements to stop mountaintop removal. At an event organized by the Dream City Collective, Shapiro discussed her just released book, “Mountain Justice: Homegrown Resistance to … Continue reading
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Appalachia Rising: Tim DeChristopher on Mountaintop Removal
LISTEN TO TIM DECHRISTOPHER, MARK AND MARY LOU MUNN HERE: download mp3 Monday, in one of the largest-ever national protests to end mountaintop removal, thousands converged near the White House and more than a hundred were arrested. The demonstration, called … Continue reading
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