Jun 10, 2019
Our own preconceptions of who is "on our side" and the mistaken
idea that we are alone may be one of the biggest obstacles to
climate action. That's the big takeaway from this story about how
neighbors, longshoremen, small businesspeople, tribes and
environmentalists in Washington State got together and stopped a
massive oil by rail terminal.
Linda Garcia is a passionate activist who just wouldn't stop
reaching out, and that brought a bunch of unlikely folks together.
They found common ground at the intersection of climate action,
workers' rights, environmental justice, and local self
determination and won a 5 year battle to stop the biggest oil by
rail terminal in N America. They also became friends.
Guests: Don and Alona Steinke Sierra Club, Linda Garcia of the Fruit Valley Neighborhood Association, Cager Clabough ILWU, Don Orange and Eric LaBrant Port of Vancouver Commissioners.