08 - Melinda Tuhus, Beyond Extreme Energy

Melinda Tuhus has been an environmental activist for decades – but throughout the past five years has become focused on the fight to slow climate change. As a reporter she's covered climate stories like mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia and the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.

In this interview she shares her perspective on climate organizing and working with Beyond Extreme Energy.

For Melinda, meeting people and visiting communities impacted by extreme energy led to a deeper understanding of the need for climate justice. Even though human-caused climate change is serious, and at times overwhelming, Melinda believes we can do something about it.

She explains how grassroots campaigns have been able to slow down the development of oil and gas infrastructure and even cancel major projects. Not only can we win campaigns, but working together and building a movement can be rewarding on a personal level. 

As Mentioned in This Episode:

• Mountain Justice
  • Julia "Judy" Bonds
  • Larry Gibson
• melindatuhus.net
  • Melinda's reporting & blog
• Defeating the Northeast Energy Direct Pipeline
  • SNYFGP: We won! Kinder Morgan suspends “Northeast Energy Direct Pipeline Project”
• Beyond Extreme Energy
• BXE on Facebook
• Twitter : @melindanewhaven

Music:

Music for this episode by Eilen Jewell – song is "One of These Days" from her album Sea of Tears.

Credits:

This podcast is a project of halttheharm.net, a powerful resource for anyone confronting the fracking industry. Halt the Harm is a network of leaders who are taking action, sharing resources and information, and supporting each other’s campaigns. Find out more at halttheharm.net

The soundtrack Halt the Harm podcast is"One of These Days" by Eilen Jewell from her album Sea of Tears.

Recorded, produced, and published by Ryan Clover-Owens in the studios of Eco-Defense Radio and WRFI.

What is Halt the Harm Podcast?

This movement is created by leaders who are inspired to take action. While we are all connecting by our shared goals to fight fracking’s harms, each and every leader brings a different perspective to this fight. And each perspective has a unique story behind it – a story to tell and to inspire.We’ve teamed up with producer Ryan Clover from Eco-Defense Radio to interview leaders in the Halt the Harm Network about everyday life, and what inspires them to action, day in, day out.