Sunrise El Paso Podcast

Speeches, chants and mariachis from the "Climate Joy for the Climate Charter" celebration. On Monday July 25th, we submitted to the El Paso City Clerk 39.150 signatures in favor of the Climate Charter. This is well over the number of signatures needed to trigger the petition to be placed on the ballot this November. Listen to community voices about why this moment matters, why it's important to celebrate and why the fight is not over!

Welcome to "Direct Climate Democracy Radio," our three-part series outlining the history, theory, importance and urgency of the El Paso Climate Charter ballot initiative. {www.bit.ly/epclimatecharter) * The campaigns against the JP Morgan corporate takeover and the Newman 6 gas plant proved to be challenge for our community. But we learned from our battles. Now, we fight back. The El Paso Climate Charter is our movement's most powerful weapon against our polluters. Here, we dive deep into the Climate Charter's political framework — its limits as well as its groundbreaking revolutionary potential. * Help us win the El Paso Climate Charter: linktr.ee/sunriseeptx With love and rage!

Welcome to "Direct Climate Democracy Radio," our three-part series outlining the history, theory, importance and urgency of the El Paso Climate Charter ballot initiative. {www.bit.ly/epclimatecharter) * The Newman 6 fracked gas expansion project was a moment of truth for our community. We learned two major lessons: (1) Polluters are doubling down on their commitment to destroy the climate for profits; and (2) the government institutions designed to fight back against polluters actually work in favor of these corporations * Help us win the El Paso Climate Charter: https://linktr.ee/sunriseeptx

Welcome to "Direct Climate Democracy Radio," our three-part series outlining the history, theory, importance and urgency of the El Paso Climate Charter ballot initiative. {www.bit.ly/epclimatecharter) Part One is entitled "Fossil Fuel Dictatorship in El Paso" There is a fossil fuel crisis in El Paso. We're the 10th sunniest city in the world, yet only use 5% renewable energy. Our region's wealth in our solar potential, yet we rely on energy which harms the climate and poisons our lungs. Why? Who owns our electricity? Why is the mega-bank JP Morgan interested in our local electric grid? Help us win the El Paso Climate Charter: https://linktr.ee/sunriseeptx

In this roundtable discussion, we recount the frontline-led fights against El Paso Electric's polluting gas plants: the Newman Generating Station in Chaparral and the Montana Vista Gas Plant near in Montana Vista. To discuss the fight against the Montana Vista Plant, we are joined by community member Ralph Carrasco and attorney Veronica Carbajal. To discuss the fight against Newman, we are joined by Chaparral advocates Dr David and Ida Garcia, and attorney David Baake.

Newman 6 and Climate: Voices from "March For Clean Air"

Episode 2 of Sunrise Weekly

Sunrise Weekly Ep. 1 (Full Show): Veronica Carbajal for Mayor, El Paso's Green New Deal Summit, In-Case-You-Missed-it Headlines May 17, 2020 #SunriseElPaso #SunriseElPasoWeekly #Weekly

Why should Bernie continue to run? How have Bernie vs. Biden responded to the COVID-19 crisis? Why does our society (and the mainstream media) focus on "imagery over substance"?

In this episode, we discuss the connection between the climate justice movement and the immigration justice movement. As a border community, we are first-hand witnesses of the cruelty of the United States immigration policies. Our community sees kids separated from their mothers and locked in cages, children die under the imprisonment of ICE, the brutality of the Remain in Mexico Policy, and other horrors. How connected is the immigration crisis to the issue of climate change? What is the relationship between both movements and how can both movements work in solidarity? To discuss this topic, we have Destiny Garcia on the show. She is an organizer with the Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee and Fronterizx Fianza Fund. We talk about immigrant abolition, climate refugees, climate reparations and more. Support detained migrant liberation through the Fianza Fund: https://www.fianzafund.org/ Website for the Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee (DMRS): https://dmscelpaso.wixsite.com/dmscelpaso

In this episode, we discuss the two major political crises of our time: the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Climate Crisis. One exposes the gaping weaknesses of America’s health care systems, the other exposes the destructiveness of our economical model of perpetual growth and land exploitation. But Both crises share a common theme of “neoliberalism.” Joining us today to make sense of the world through the lens of “neoliberalism,” we have Xavier Miranda--Teacher and local activist.

Book summary and analysis of Naomi Klein's "The (Burning) Case for the Green New Deal." Klein is a author of books such as "No Logo" and "The Shock Doctrine." She is a renowned author and climate theorist. This is a live recording from a Teach-In Sunrise El Paso organized in January. Music: Toño Ramos

Young community leaders speak at the 9/20/19 El Paso Climate Strike. The climate crisis in an intersectional issue--the problem contains racial and economic dynamics of oppression. Local organizations such as Familias Unidas se Chamizal, Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee, Frontera Water Protectors, and Border Peace Presence share their perspective on the climate crisis.

This Podcast will consist of an interview that Sunrise El Paso organizers conducted with Tyson Slocum, Energy Director at Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization. Tyson has been an immense help for the El Paso community in one of the most alarming issues our city faces: the proposed sale of our community’s electric utility to a private equity fund controlled by JPMorgan, the world’s 6th largest bank. Water and electricity are fundamental to human life. Our right to each do not carry a price tag. We must block this proposed sale and avoid fundamental repercussions to our community.

On this episode of Sunrise El Paso Media, we interview Lynn Wang, HUB Coordinator of Sunrise Los Angeles, to discuss her experience in organizing for a city-level Green New Deal. The end result was Mayor Garcetti's "Green New Deal LA"--it has its positive and negative aspects but it is definitely something El Paso can learn from.

(No.2) Resisting Pipelines: Frontera Water Protection Alliance and the Indigenous Perspective by Sunrise El Paso