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Uptown Chats
By Jaron Burke, Lonnie Portis, WE ACT for Environmental JusticeSociety & CultureBusinessEducationNon-Profit
Uptown Chats episodes
- Waste Incineration
What’s worse than throwing away trash? Burning it! Join Jaron and Lonnie to learn why waste incineration is part of the wrong direction and how it impacts environmental justice communities with the help of two special guests.
Guests:
- Chris Tandazo, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA)
- Jessica Roff, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
Extra Resources:
- U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators: An Industry in Decline (Tishman Environment and Design Center)
- Where does your waste go? (NYC)
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29 min - Biogas
Biogas stinks! Join Jaron and Lonnie to learn about the impacts of biogas facilities on environmental justice communities in New York City with the help of Willis Elkins, Executive Director of Newtown Creek Alliance.
Recommended Episode: A WE ACT Story - Holiday Special
Check out our previous episode from December of last year about the North River Sewage Treatment Plant, where we talked about how WE ACT formed in response to the siting of that facility. There are some similarities you’ll see between that story and our conversation with Willis.
Extra Resources:
- Get Involved with Newtown Creek Alliance
- About Newtown Creek Treatment Plant (Brooklyn Paper)
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40 min - Nuclear Power Plants
Nothing lasts forever, including nuclear power plants. Join Jaron and Lonnie to learn about what happens when a nuclear power plant is decommissioned and how it impacts environmental justice communities with help from two guest speakers from Riverkeeper.
Extra Resources:
- Nuclear Power 101
- Beyond Indian Point (Riverkeeper)
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38 min - Greenwashing
It isn’t easy being green, especially when it comes to energy. Join Jaron and Lonnie as they reflect on recent episodes and discuss the issue of greenwashing in the energy sector.
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30 min - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
There’s nothing “natural” about natural gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) is no different. Lonnie and Jaron are joined by Roishetta Ozane to talk about how LNG facilities impact environmental justice communities in the fourth episode of our Wrong Direction mini-series.
Guest:
- Roishetta Ozane, Founder and Director of Vessel Project of Louisiana
Extra Resources:
- Natural Gas Explained
- Overview of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
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37 min - Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Technology is great, but is it always the answer? Join Jaron and Lonnie to learn about carbon capture and storage (CCS) with help from Dr. Ana Baptista in the third episode of our Wrong Direction mini-series.
Guest Information:
- Ana Baptista, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management & Co-Director of the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School
Extra Resources:
- DOE Carbon Management Projects (CONNECT) Toolkit
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40 min - Hydrogen
Green, blue, gray, and brown - so many colors of hydrogen! Join Jaron and Lonnie to learn why WE ACT considers hydrogen a false solution in addressing climate and environmental justice. Guests include WE ACT's Federal Research Manager, Manuel Salgado, and Cecil Corbin-Mark Environmental Justice Research Fellow, Tali Natter.
Extra Resources:
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell 101
- Explain It Like I’m Five (ELI5)
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36 min - Energy is Environmental Justice
Energy is here, there, everywhere! Join Jaron and Lonnie for the first episode of the Wrong Direction mini-series to learn from WE ACT's Federal Policy Director, Anastasia Gordon, about new energy technologies that are creating environmental justice challenges.
Over the next three months, the Wrong Direction mini-series will explore the impacts of the current U.S. energy policy on individuals in environmental justice communities with the help of a few special guests.
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29 min - Announcing Wrong Direction Mini-Series
Summer is almost here - just in time for Uptown Chat's new mini-series starting on June 10th. Over the next three months, this series will explore the impacts of the current U.S. energy policy on individuals in environmental justice communities with the help of a few special guests.
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2 min - Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, Lonnie and Jaron are joined by Albert ‘AJ’ Yuan to highlight the role of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in building the environmental justice movement.
Guest Information:
- Albert ‘AJ’ Yuan, WE ACT’s Federal Policy Legislative Coordinator
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About Uptown Chats
From the publisher's feed
Join Jaron and Lonnie as they explore issues in their community through the eyes of everyday people, and discuss how environmental justice is showing up in the news. It’s not just for experts, it's for everyone!
The podcast is officially 1 year old! Now that we're older and wiser, we're releasing episodes twice each month - on the second and last Monday of each month.
Uptown Chats is the official podcast of WE ACT for Environmental Justice. WE ACT was founded in 1988 and has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. You can find us online at weact.org.