GrassRoot Ohio-OSU FrackedGasPower Plant-BPollard, VAGhalioum, J Nespor

Published: July 25, 2020, 1:04 p.m.

Carolyn Harding with Becca Pollard, Central Ohio Sierra Club, Vicky Abou-Ghalioum, GradRoots, OSU Grad environmental org. and Jan Nespor, OSU professor, advocates for Clean Energy/ fighting the multimillion Fracked Gas Power Plant slated to be built in the middle of the Ohio State University Campus. \n\nWhat will the impact be on the students, faculty, the equine facility nearby, the community? Who are the hidden players in this huge build up? What can we, the Davids do to Demand Clean Renewable Sustainable energy in the heart of our City, when the Goliaths Want Fracked Gas?\n\nBecca Pollard is an Organizer with the Sierra Club and a founding member of Keep Wayne Wild. She lives in Columbus and works with activists around the state.\n\nVictoria Abou-Ghalioum is a PhD student in the School of Environment and Natural Resources. She is the chair of SENR's graduate student organization, GradRoots, and studies environmental social science. Her research interests center on racial justice in sustainability, where she critically analyzes the deliberate suppression of the voices of People of Color in the environmental movement and in current discourse around sustainable development/living.\n\nJan Nespor has been a professor is in the Department of Educational Studies at OSU for the past 12 years. He\u2019s currently doing research on virtual schooling and international policy mobility, but tries to keep up on issues related to climate change and environmental degradation.\n\nTAKE ACTION HERE:\n\nSierra Club form to submit comments https://addup.sierraclub.org/campaigns/tell-the-ohio-power-siting-board-reject-osus-proposal-for-a-new-gas-plant-on-campus \n\nFacebook Event for hearing https://www.facebook.com/events/290615938809817/\n\nRegistration form for hearing https://opsb.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/opsb/help-center/register-to-testify-osu-lp/register-to-testify-osu?fbclid=IwAR3ocyI2YZz8LKtYotmcsh6pVpqeZZJuHfPk8i_thXwf2XgEMlxWYYNhB5g \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/290615938809817/T\n\nGrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio!\n\nEvery Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org\n\nWe now air on Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.\n\nContact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.\n\nCheck us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/\n\nIf you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753\n\nGrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grassroot-ohio/id1522559085