Tag Archives: fossil fuel industry

Radio: Fossil fuel workers pushing for a shift to renewables

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Scott

Luisa Da Silva is a geoscientist who has worked in the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and in mining. She is currently the executive director of an organization called Iron and Earth, which according to their website is “a worker-led … Continue reading →

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Radio — Mapping and opposing the power of fossil fuel industries in Canada

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Scott

William Carroll, James Rowe, and Emily Lowan are all at the University of Victoria (UVic) in British Columbia. Carroll is a professor of sociology and Rowe is an associate professor of environmental studies, and they are both involved in the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Bringing questions of justice to the heart of struggles for climate action

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Scott

Laura Hamilton is a climate activist who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. She began working on climate issues as a co-founder of Divest Waterloo, a group with an initial focus on encouraging divestment from fossil fuel industries. But as their understanding … Continue reading →

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Radio — Organizing in small-town Nova Scotia to stop offshore drilling

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Scott

Marilyn Keddy is a social worker and a long-time activist who lives in an active lobster fishing cove near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Peter Puxley is also a long-time activist, and has worked as an economist and a journalist. Scott Neigh … Continue reading →

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Radio — Defending marine ecosystems and fisheries from fossil fuel development

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Scott

Gretchen Fitzgerald is the national program director for the Sierra Club Canada Foundation. John Davis is the director of the Clean Ocean Action Committee, a consortium of organizations based in the east coast fishing industry. Both are part of the … Continue reading →

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