https://simplecast.com Breaking the Cycle People are tired of being sacrificed to polluting industry & sold out by corrupt politicians to greedy fossil fuel corporations - so communities across the southern fracking cycle are taking matters into their own hands. From the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast, hear directly from community activists and leaders who are paving the way to a better future in Sierra Club's Podcast Breaking the Cycle. 2022 - Sierra Club en Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:04:03 +0000 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:04:13 +0000 https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com Breaking the Cycle https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3f80420c-d51d-4bce-9a7c-bbafed7dbed7/53c280ea-3b08-43de-a0af-776f2905d63d/3000x3000/breakng-the-cycle-poster-png.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com episodic People are tired of being sacrificed to polluting industry & sold out by corrupt politicians to greedy fossil fuel corporations - so communities across the southern fracking cycle are taking matters into their own hands. From the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast, hear directly from community activists and leaders who are paving the way to a better future in Sierra Club's Podcast Breaking the Cycle. Sierra Club no https://feeds.simplecast.com/VNzR3zPu climate, climate change, fossil fuels, gulf coast, louisiana, new mexico, permian basin, texas Sierra Club laura.patch@sierraclub.org 5227541a-78ea-4da0-bfcc-fc0dbfcd83b4 Greenwashing and the False Promises of CCS and LNG Connect with our guests:

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]]> Greenwashing and the False Promises of CCS and LNG Sierra Club 00:47:55 In our eighth episode of Breaking the Cycle, we explore how polluting industries perpetuate disinformation about their projects and products. To help explain greenwashing and how it relates to carbon capture and storage, we talked with Bekah Hinojosa with Sierra Club and Jade Woods of the Center on International Environmental Law. In our eighth episode of Breaking the Cycle, we explore how polluting industries perpetuate disinformation about their projects and products. To help explain greenwashing and how it relates to carbon capture and storage, we talked with Bekah Hinojosa with Sierra Club and Jade Woods of the Center on International Environmental Law. no full 8 1 1fd1f0e3-3cd1-4150-93d0-01b7273adbff Land Loss and Recovery Connect with our Guest

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:06:33 +0000 laura.patch@sierraclub.org (Sierra Club) https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com/episodes/land-loss-and-recovery-1ZjoWiLg Connect with our Guest

]]> Land Loss and Recovery Sierra Club 00:37:27 Land loss is an issue for all coastal communities from the Gulf and beyond and has an enormous impact on the broader global ecological balance. To help paint a coherent and detailed picture, we interviewed Naomi Yoder, a staff scientist at the environmental justice organization, Healthy Gulf. Land loss is an issue for all coastal communities from the Gulf and beyond and has an enormous impact on the broader global ecological balance. To help paint a coherent and detailed picture, we interviewed Naomi Yoder, a staff scientist at the environmental justice organization, Healthy Gulf. no full 7 1 17efd6c9-51ca-4932-9708-02a5140583ff The Abandoned Well Epidemic: Interviews with Miguel Escoto and Cyrus Reed Mon, 2 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000 laura.patch@sierraclub.org (Sierra Club) https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com/episodes/the-abandoned-well-epidemic-interviews-with-miguel-escoto-and-cyrus-reed-i8hHksTB The Abandoned Well Epidemic: Interviews with Miguel Escoto and Cyrus Reed Sierra Club 01:08:32 Cyrus Reed, the conservation director for the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, talks about the efforts to properly regulate venting and flaring and well closure, as well as federal support for closing the wells. Miguel Escoto with Earthworks walks us through the realities on the ground. Cyrus Reed, the conservation director for the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, talks about the efforts to properly regulate venting and flaring and well closure, as well as federal support for closing the wells. Miguel Escoto with Earthworks walks us through the realities on the ground. no full 6 1 d77968e1-9179-4955-9f7d-b23481393c3e Why Just Recovery is Necessary for a Just Transition Connect with our guests

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]]> Why Just Recovery is Necessary for a Just Transition Sierra Club 00:55:04 Hurricane recovery is an incredibly complex issue and a largely inequitable process. To draw the connection between recovery to fossil fuels, we spoke with General Russell Honoré, a retired veteran, leader of the Green Army, who is known for his leadership and aid in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We also spoke with Alice Liu and Andrew Barley from West Street Recovery, a community-based disaster preparedness and recovery organization out of Houston. Hurricane recovery is an incredibly complex issue and a largely inequitable process. To draw the connection between recovery to fossil fuels, we spoke with General Russell Honoré, a retired veteran, leader of the Green Army, who is known for his leadership and aid in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We also spoke with Alice Liu and Andrew Barley from West Street Recovery, a community-based disaster preparedness and recovery organization out of Houston. general russell honoré, hurricanes, new orleans, hurricane recovery, disaster preparedness, hurricane katrina no full 5 1 d33b7611-b758-42b0-bc44-2f894404a9df Health Activism and How Fracking Harms the Body Interviews With John Beard, Dr. Steingraber, and Dr. Dyrszka More about our guests:

John Beard

Dr. Larysa Dyrszka and Dr. Sandra Steingraber

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:28:05 +0000 laura.patch@sierraclub.org (Sierra Club) https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com/episodes/health-activism-fracking-harms-body-john-beard-steingraber-dyrszka-ObaRc_qA More about our guests:

John Beard

Dr. Larysa Dyrszka and Dr. Sandra Steingraber

]]> Health Activism and How Fracking Harms the Body Interviews With John Beard, Dr. Steingraber, and Dr. Dyrszka Sierra Club 01:03:40 In our fourth installment, we talk with our good friend, John Beard, resident and activist of Port Arthur, Texas, who illuminates the reality of living in a fenceline community, and how pollution has impacted the health of the people in his life. Later, Dr. Susan Steingraber and Dr. Larysa Dyrszka of Concerned Health Professionals of New York discuss the frack cycle’s critical and immediate harm to public health and the environment. In our fourth installment, we talk with our good friend, John Beard, resident and activist of Port Arthur, Texas, who illuminates the reality of living in a fenceline community, and how pollution has impacted the health of the people in his life. Later, Dr. Susan Steingraber and Dr. Larysa Dyrszka of Concerned Health Professionals of New York discuss the frack cycle’s critical and immediate harm to public health and the environment. fraking, new york, activism, pollution, health, texas no full 4 1 1b8e3079-a6a5-45fa-ab19-c106f82331da Economic Diversification: Healthy Jobs With Angelica Rubio and James Hiatt More about our guests:

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:53:24 +0000 laura.patch@sierraclub.org (Sierra Club) https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com/episodes/economic-diversification-healthy-jobs-angelica-rubio-james-hiatt-JsVoWS1p More about our guests:

]]> Economic Diversification: Healthy Jobs With Angelica Rubio and James Hiatt Sierra Club 00:44:57 In this episode of Breaking the Cycle, we compare and contrast the environmental and economic realities between New Mexico and southwest Louisiana. New Mexico state Representative Angelica Rubio envisions a multigenerational plan for the people of the Permian Basin. James Hiatt of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade talks about his previous connections to the fossil fuel industry as well as the shortcomings of Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program. In this episode of Breaking the Cycle, we compare and contrast the environmental and economic realities between New Mexico and southwest Louisiana. New Mexico state Representative Angelica Rubio envisions a multigenerational plan for the people of the Permian Basin. James Hiatt of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade talks about his previous connections to the fossil fuel industry as well as the shortcomings of Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program. permian basin, louisiana, fossil fuels, bucket brigade, new mexico no full 3 1 ccef767e-6bf8-4301-8e33-3817abfe2605 Protecting Land and Place With Chiara Beaumont and Jessi Parfait Chiara Beaumont and Karankawa Kadla

Jessi Parfait and United Houma Nation

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:27:18 +0000 laura.patch@sierraclub.org (Sierra Club) https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com/episodes/protecting-land-and-place-rCjLP1L7 Chiara Beaumont and Karankawa Kadla

Jessi Parfait and United Houma Nation

]]> Protecting Land and Place With Chiara Beaumont and Jessi Parfait Sierra Club 00:45:58 In our second episode of Breaking the Cycle, we take you from the Karankawa Kadla lands of the Coastal Bend in Texas to the United Nation of Houma in southern Louisiana. Your host, Courtney Naquin, discusses the efforts of two Indigenous women activists, Chiara Sunshine Beaumont and Jessi Parfait, to protect and reclaim culture, history, and land from polluting industry in the Gulf Coast. In our second episode of Breaking the Cycle, we take you from the Karankawa Kadla lands of the Coastal Bend in Texas to the United Nation of Houma in southern Louisiana. Your host, Courtney Naquin, discusses the efforts of two Indigenous women activists, Chiara Sunshine Beaumont and Jessi Parfait, to protect and reclaim culture, history, and land from polluting industry in the Gulf Coast. no full 2 1 8ce203bf-7c8a-4ab5-beb7-84d0da1c1956 Voices from the Sacrifice Zones Connect with our guests:

Kayley Shoup

Emma Guevara

Elida Castillo

Roishetta Ozane

More information about Penny and Dee’s home 

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:00:00 +0000 laura.patch@sierraclub.org (Kayley Shoup, Emma Guevara, Elida Castillo, Roishetta Ozane) https://breaking-the-cycle.simplecast.com/episodes/voices-from-the-sacrifice-zones-UDZyJYN2 Connect with our guests:

Kayley Shoup

Emma Guevara

Elida Castillo

Roishetta Ozane

More information about Penny and Dee’s home 

]]> Voices from the Sacrifice Zones Kayley Shoup, Emma Guevara, Elida Castillo, Roishetta Ozane 00:59:15 What would you do if industry was right in your backyard? In the premiere episode of Breaking the Cycle, your host Courtney Naquin talks with four grassroots environmental activists from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast who are organizing in their communities and saying no to the fossil fuel industry. Kayley Shoup, a community organizer with Citizens Caring for the Future in Carlsbad, New Mexico, works towards a future where the Permian isn’t dependent on oil and gas. Emma Guevara, a local organizer with Sierra Club, defends the Rio Grande Valley against exploitative industries. Elida Castillo, activist and Program Director with Chispa Texas, explains how the fossil fuel industry has radically transformed her home in the Coastal Bend. Roishetta Ozane, founder of the Vessel Project and organizer at Healthy Gulf, works diligently to expand local conversations about oil and gas in southwest Louisiana while meeting the needs of her community through mutual aid in the wake of multiple natural disasters. What would you do if industry was right in your backyard? In the premiere episode of Breaking the Cycle, your host Courtney Naquin talks with four grassroots environmental activists from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast who are organizing in their communities and saying no to the fossil fuel industry. Kayley Shoup, a community organizer with Citizens Caring for the Future in Carlsbad, New Mexico, works towards a future where the Permian isn’t dependent on oil and gas. Emma Guevara, a local organizer with Sierra Club, defends the Rio Grande Valley against exploitative industries. Elida Castillo, activist and Program Director with Chispa Texas, explains how the fossil fuel industry has radically transformed her home in the Coastal Bend. Roishetta Ozane, founder of the Vessel Project and organizer at Healthy Gulf, works diligently to expand local conversations about oil and gas in southwest Louisiana while meeting the needs of her community through mutual aid in the wake of multiple natural disasters. carlsbad, permian basin, fossil fuel, coastal bend, rio grande valley, new mexico no full 1 1