Podcasts about clean air coalition

Since the mid-1980s, Marion county has been sending its trash to an incinerator, now known as Reworld Marion Inc. It’s the only one in the state, and the county has partnered with it from the beginning. The company recently filed objections with Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality around environmental regulations the state passed aimed at improving human health by reducing toxic emissions from the facility. Several months ago Reworld announced it would be closing its Oregon facility and would not be accepting any more trash as of Dec. 31, 2024.  The county had to turn instead to the Coffin Butte Landfill in neighboring Benton County. But that landfill is filling up and has applied to expand its capacity. It’s also been under scrutiny for methane leaks that environmental groups, lawmakers and regulators say have not been adequately addressed. Joining us to discuss the problems inherent in current waste disposal methods are: Lisa Arkin, the executive director of Beyond Toxics, which is part of the state’s Clean Air Coalition; and Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser Blouin, a Democrat whose district covers South Salem and unincorporated parts of Linn, Benton and Marion Counties.

On this summer High Road series episode, Chris Murawski and High Road Fellow Sia Gu from the Clean Air Coalition of WNY to discuss the work of grassroots leadership development and the intersections of environmental justice with racial, economic, and social justice. "The Clean Air Coalition builds power by developing grassroots leaders who organize their communities to run and win environmental justice and public health campaigns in Western New York." They also envision "a world where our environment promotes health and equity and where systems place communities at the forefront of decision-making." To learn more about our work, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ppgbuffalo.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up for our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Share your ideas for improving our community by emailing us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠info@ppgbuffalo.org⁠⁠⁠⁠. Whether it's highlighting community organizations you admire, shedding light on deserving initiatives, or providing feedback on our current episode, we welcome your thoughts. Let us know how you envision positive change in our community!

The Justice Center of Rensselaer County held a forum on Environmental Justice on Sunday, April 14 in Rensselaer. In this third and last segment of our coverage. we hear from Barbara Heinzen for the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena – Coeymans and Greg Campbell-Cohen of TIMBER, who talks about lead pipe replacement in Troy. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

The Justice Center of Rensselaer County is holding the Robert J. Doherty Memorial Lecture on Environmental Justice on Sunday, April 14 at 1:00 PM, at the U Albany School of Public Health, 1 University Place, Rensselaer NY. The event will feature Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics and Dr. David Carpenter. Also speaking will be Bob Welton for the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition about the Dunn Landfill; Joe Ritchie for Lights Out Norlite; Barbara Heinzen for the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena - Coeymans; and Greg Campbell-Cohen of TIMBER about lead pipe replacement in Troy. Noreen McKee of the Justice Center speaks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

This week, Bryony speaks with Jason Anderson, Senior Program Director at ClimateWorks, who oversees the Governance & Diplomacy and Super Pollutant programs. His work spans efforts ranging from implementing the Paris Agreement to cleaning up dirty shipping and preventing methane leakage. Jason has over 25 years of experience in climate and clean energy, beginning in the solar energy conversion office at the U.S. Department of Energy, which led him to promote photovoltaics for rural electrification in Central America. Jason then worked in a range of climate organizations in Brussels for 15 years, ranging from Climate Action Network Europe to the Institute for European Environmental Policy to the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). Jason was a lead author of the IPCC special reports on ozone and climate interactions, and on carbon capture and storage; in 2007 Jason was acknowledged for his contribution to the IPCC's Nobel Peace Prize. Jason holds a Masters in Public Policy degree and a Masters in Science in energy and resources from the University of California Berkeley, and a degree in biological anthropology from Harvard University.   Links  Climateworks Governance & Diplomacy Program which Jason oversees: https://www.climateworks.org/programs/governance-diplomacy/ COP 28 Website: https://www.cop28.com/en/ Read a summary of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: https://www.unep.org/ozonaction/who-we-are/about-montreal-protocol Read the US EPA's summary of 2016 Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol: https://www.epa.gov/ozone-layer-protection/recent-international-developments-under-montreal-protocol Explore the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's work on short-lived climate pollutants: https://www.ccacoalition.org/content/short-lived-climate-pollutants Read about the Environmental Defense Fund's new MethaneSAT: https://business.edf.org/insights/methane-satellites-usher-in-new-era-of-emissions-visibility-and-transparency/ Explore the Global Methane Pledge: https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/  Related Episodes Episode 143: Johannah Christensen – Is Shipping the Easiest “Hard-to-Abate” Sector? - https://www.cleaningup.live/is-shipping-the-easiest-hard-to-abate-sector-ep143-johannah-christensen/  

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with a report from Mark Dunlea on the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeyman. Then, we hear about a RoundTable Discussion entitled “The Struggle Continues” held by our own Willie Terry. Later on, youth correspondent Nikolai Nagel-Dreby reports on a Peanut-Butter Pop-Up in Saratoga on Nov. 18. After that, we hear what it's like to be a deejay in the Hudson Valley from JB, aka Dirty Moses!!. Finally, Lisa Schonberg takes us along to listen to her compositions recorded in nature and hear reactions from guests on their first listen.

The Town of Coeymans has been in the news the last few years over issues related to importing waste to burn at the local cement plant and the control exercised by Carver Companies which owns the Port of Coeymans. George McHugh, the former attorney for Carver, was narrowly defeated in his re-election bid for Town Supervisor along with other GOP Town Board members. Barbara Heinzen of the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeyman discusses the potential impact of the election results with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

We begin with Mark Dunlea's story about two activists with Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeyman who were harassed by Carver Company and the local police force. Then, we hear about the recent Adirondack Family Book Festival sponsored by John Brown Lives. Later on, as part of National Recovery Month, Marsha Lazarus talks with Dr. Cailyn Green, Assistant Professor of Addictions Studies at SUNY Empire State University. After that Moses Nagel filed a report on an upcoming free speech symposium at UAlbany. Finally, Brea Barthel does an interview around the display of more than 40 hats from the 1950s through 1980s at the NY Folklore exhibit "Hattitude."

Barbara Heinzen and Sara Pruiksma, two activists with the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeyman, were arrested by the Coeymans police in June 2023 for allegedly trespassing on the property owned by Carver Laraway. In reality, they had been walking along the right on way on the side of a highway to see what plants had been impacted by the clearcutting of 25 acres by Carver Company, which owns the Port of Coeymans and recently took control of the Coeymans Town government. Local activists have fought the company over various issues, such as importing tires at the Port to burn at the LaFarge Cement Plant. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

June 15, 2023 - The Port of Coeymans could soon be playing an important role in constructing parts for offshore wind projects, but local homeowners and environmentalists have concerns about the footprint of the port. Barbara Heinzen, a member of the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeymans, discusses the recent activity at the port and makes the case for scaling back its future plans.

Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Steve Pierce speaks with Capital Region Air Justice Lab project participant Sara Pruiksma about her environmental activism with the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena–Coeymans. www.mediasanctuary.org/ajl www.cleanairalbanycounty.org

Next Wednesday the UN marks the third International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. However, the skies are far from clear of air pollution. Only a month ago, the World Health Organisation warned that practically all the air we breathe is polluted, and that it's killing around seven million people every year. Ahead of the International Day, Conor Lennon from UN News spoke to Martina Otto and Nathan Borgford-Parnell from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, which is hosted by the UN Environment Programme. They discussed the evolving science surrounding the issue, the extent to which air pollution is improving – if at all – and why international collaboration is essential, if the number of annual deaths is to be addressed. Music: Ketsa, Within the Earth

Next Wednesday the UN marks the third International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. However, the skies are far from clear of air pollution. Only a month ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that practically all the air we breathe is polluted, and that it's killing around seven million people every year.Ahead of the International Day, Conor Lennon from UN News spoke to Martina Otto and Nathan Borgford-Parnell from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, which is hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).They discussed the evolving science surrounding the issue, the extent to which air pollution is improving – if at all – and why international collaboration is essential, if the number of annual deaths is to be addressed.Music: Ketsa, Within the Earth

Next Wednesday the UN marks the third International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. However, the skies are far from clear of air pollution. Only a month ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that practically all the air we breathe is polluted, and that it's killing around seven million people every year. Ahead of the International Day, Conor Lennon from UN News spoke to Martina Otto and Nathan Borgford-Parnell from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, which is hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). They discussed the evolving science surrounding the issue, the extent to which air pollution is improving – if at all – and why international collaboration is essential, if the number of annual deaths is to be addressed. Music: Ketsa, Within the Earth

Beyond Plastics coordinated a national day of action on July 23 to protest the massive amount of single-use plastic by having people take plastic back to local supermarkets. In Albany, Zero Waste and Watervliet Huddle held an event at Market 32 on Delaware Ave. We hear from six people: Rebecca Kavaler (aka Plastic Monster); Sally Lauletta of the Watervliet Huddle; Karen Kaufman; Tina Lieberman of Zero Waste; Nancy Finol; and Christine Primommo of the Clean Air Coalition.

On this episode of E.S.Now, I am with Scott Fletcher, sustainability activist and creator of Econus App.  Scott Fletcher, Founder & CEO of Econus, is a social impact entrepreneur on a mission to make consumption more sustainable!There's a theory in economics called the Theory of Externalities. This theory states that if companies pay for all the costs involved with their production of their products, the issues we're seeing today would be nearly non-existent. When they don't pay for these costs, we see the results, like air pollution and waste, these are the externalities. From this theory The Active Consumer philosophy was born. The Active Consumer recognized that us normal folk may not be able to force producers to include all costs, but we could support organizations that can, and with enough of us, real change could be made. From that concept our mobile app, Econus, was born. Econus links your purchases to the unintended consequences of the purchase (like air pollution from a tank of gas), and donates your spare change to an organization reducing the consequences to our environment and society (like the Climate & Clean Air Coalition).www.econusapp.com

Dr. Barbara Heinzen, Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena Coeymans, will be moderating Thursday's event “Direct Air Capture: False Climate Solutions?” Barbara shared some of her questions around this technology with Sina Basila Hickey which she will discuss with experts June Sekera and Jim Walsh at the event. Join us in this conversation around Direct Air Capture and climate technology on Thursday March 10 at 7pm. You can register for this virtual town hall event at MediaSanctuary.org/events

This week's Tonko Tuesday in front of Cong. Paul Tonko's office in Albany featured the Clean Air Coalition talking about incineration and problems with the Lafarge Cement Plant in Ravena. We hear from Christine Primomo and Fran Porter. We then hear from Abigayle Reese of Friends of the Earth about their vigil at the federal O'Brien Building urging Senator Schumer to sponsor the End Polluters Welfare Act to halt fossil fuel subsidies. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Mark Dunlea speaks with Barbara Heinzen of the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena and Coeymans about the Low Embedded Carbon Concree Leadership Act, which she says opens the door to waste incineration and promotes carbon capture technology. Then, Sally Becker speaks with Eileen Venn of the Capital Region's chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. After that, Moses Nagle speaks with the organizers of Albany's Reclaim Pride event on Sunday June 27, which aims to refocus pride on supporting the struggles of queer and trans people. Then, Sina Basila Hickey will talk with RPI Professor and HMM host, Guy Schaffer, about making space to talk about climate change in the classroom. And to close out the show, Sanctuary Interns Lizzy Kramer and Claire Hutchinson interview bioartist Paul Vanouse about his work on genomes and deconstructing race, and the opening of the Sanctuary's Nature Lab this weekend.

The Low Embedded Carbon Concree Leadership Act claims that it will require state agencies to factor climate impact into concrete purchases. Barbara Heinzen of the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena and Coeymans explains that the bill opens the door to waste incineration and promotes carbon capture technology. The Governor has not said wheher he will sign the bill. More info at https://cleanairalbanycounty.org/leccla/ By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

if you've ever worked for a non-profit organization, you KNOW how underpaid and overworked this "industry" can be. today we talk with the sweeties from Buffalo Organizers United (BOU) about their efforts to unionize their organization, the Clean Air Coalition. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! To support their efforts you can: send them an email at buffaloorganizersunited@gmail.com follow them on IG: @buffaloorganizersunited follow them on twitter: @organizebuffalo theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

Barbara Heinzen of the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena / Coeymans gives an update on the ongoing fight to stop LaFarge Cement from burning tires. She also discusses problems with a proposed "low carbon cement" bill in the state legislature. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

OGCI has been working with the UN's Climate and Clean Air Coalition to get scientifically robust data on methane emissions from different types of oil and gas facilities around the world. We talk to Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientific Officer of the CCAC International Methane Studies, to find out what they have learnt.

A teenager in Utah did a school project that proved what we have always known - if there are fewer cars on the road, the air will be cleaner. Now, with this data, what action steps do we take going forward? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson opens this big topic up with her wonderful guests this week on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Holly Willard, owner of Grand View Family Counseling, Andrea Himoff, former Executive Director of Action Utah, and singer/songwriter Cherie Call.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Support the Working Life Network here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast and at ActBlue: secure.actblue.com/donate/working-life-1 Episode 200: CEOs like to play a three-card monte shell game. They want everyone to focus on their rhetoric about all the supposed wonderful things they do—say, creating a “green” friendly product—and, at the same time, when people aren’t paying attention, they run their company using fear, sexism and racism. That sums up the world of Elon Musk—which we talk about today. Musk is anti-union and runs an operation that makes workers sick at sky-high rates, as I documented almost more than two years ago on this podcast in Episode 80. And it appears pretty evident he’s a sexist and a racist. He’s facing one federal lawsuit claiming that in 2015 and 2016, at Tesla’s factory in suburban Fremont, CA, black workers were subjected to repeated racial epithets, racist cartoons, and supervisors engaged in, or did little to stop, the racism. Support the Working Life Network here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast and at ActBlue: secure.actblue.com/donate/working-life-1 The same horrific environment is pretty apparent at the company’s plant in Buffalo, NY, a factory that got almost a billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies to open up shop. To understand the ugly nature of what it’s like to work at the Tesla factory in Buffalo, I’m joined by two people. Sonny worked for Tesla until recently but “Sonny” is a pseudonym and we’ve obscured his face in this discussion because he fears retribution from other potential future employers. Linnea Brett is a community organizer with the Clean Air Coalition, which develops grassroots leaders who organize their communities to run and win environmental justice and public health campaigns in Western New York. Support the Working Life Network here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast and at ActBlue: secure.actblue.com/donate/working-life-1 I kick off with a short observation about American Exceptionalism: when it comes to moving away from fossil fuels, we are pretty puny compared to the far-reaching industrial policy pursued by China. -- Jonathan Tasini Follow me on Twitter @jonathantasini Sign up for The Working Life Podcast at: www.workinglife.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.tasini.3

More than 50 organizations have written to NYS Attorney General Tish James urging her to sue EPA over its decision to suspend enforcement of environmental laws during the COVID-19 crisis. We talk with Rebecca Newberry, Executive Director of the Clean Air Coalition of Western NY. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network

Last week, we told you about a study by the Canadian Cancer Society, which found vaping among teens and young adults (16-19) across the nation has increased by 74%. The study was done by the University of Waterloo and published in the British Medical Journal. It's in line with anecdotal reports from high schools reporting a struggle with preventing children from vaping.  My next guest feels that restrictions would be helpful - and he's calling for them to go even further than we've been hearing in recent days. Guest: Jack Boomer Director of the Clean Air Coalition of BC

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Helena Molin Valdés, a long-time proponent of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaption, and disaster reduction, is the Head of the Secretariat, Climate and Clean Air Coalition at the United Nations Environment Programme. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30282]

Helena Molin Valdés, a long-time proponent of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaption, and disaster reduction, is the Head of the Secretariat, Climate and Clean Air Coalition at the United Nations Environment Programme. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30282]

Friday, February 1, 2013--The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organized a briefing on international efforts to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) to provide near-term climate change mitigation and improve public health and food security. These pollutants - including black carbon (soot), methane, tropospheric ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - have relatively short atmospheric lifetimes but a sizeable warming impact on the climate, particularly in the Arctic and other vulnerable regions. For example, a recent major study found black carbon to have a total warming impact roughly equal to two-thirds that of carbon dioxide. Paired with global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, action on SLCPs offers important opportunities to slow climate change over the next several decades. To coordinate a collective international effort to reduce emissions, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) was launched in February 2012 by UNEP and the governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden and the United States. Twenty-one additional countries and 22 additional non-state partners have since joined the Coalition, and the G8 has pledged its support. The CCAC seeks to improve scientific understanding, promote best practices, and enhance and develop emissions reduction strategies at the national and regional levels (learn more at www.unep.org/ccac). The briefing described the primary sources of SLCP emissions, outlined the regional and global impacts of SLCPs on the climate and public health, and provided an update on the progress of the CCAC as it nears its one-year anniversary. The briefing also examined technologies and win-win policy opportunities to reduce SLCP emissions, discussed the vast and immediate benefits of doing so, and explored how the CCAC represents a new frontier for international cooperation on climate action.