Category Archives: Environment

“Occupy the USA,” Says/Sings Emma’s Revolution

LISTEN TO EMMA’S REVOLUTION: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Yesterday, sitting in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza, where an ongoing occupation is taking place, Pat Humphries and Sandy O., the guitar-wielding duo that make up Emma’s Revolution, … Continue reading

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Grandmother Walks From West Virginia to D.C. for Oct. 6 Protest

“If you are tired of waiting for politicians to fix what’s wrong & if you believe our policies are going in the WRONG direction, here is your chance to join with thousands of other Americans to DO something besides complain,” … Continue reading

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Historic McMillan Park: To Whom Does it Belong, the Few or the Many?

LISTEN TO TONY NORMAN: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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Indigenous Activist Kandi Mossett on the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline

LISTEN TO KANDI MOSSETT: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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Upside Down World: Chief Erasmus Discusses the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline

LISTEN TO BILL ERASMUS: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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Pepco(al)

LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE PEPCO PROTEST: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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ICC: The Road To Hell Is Paved

LISTEN TO GREG SMITH [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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Mixing Local Politics and Local Food

LISTEN TO JOHN GLOSTER [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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The Movement Against Mountaintop Removal

LISTEN TO TRICIA SHAPIRO HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 … Continue reading

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Appalachia Rising: Tim DeChristopher on Mountaintop Removal

LISTEN TO TIM DECHRISTOPHER, MARK AND MARY LOU MUNN HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Monday, in one of the largest-ever national protests to end mountaintop removal, thousands converged near the White House and more than … Continue reading

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