May 2023 – HHN Newsletter (Issue #12)
Welcome to the May 2023 edition of the Halt the Harm Newsletter! This month, we have a lot of exciting updates to share with you, including partner alerts, upcoming events, network highlights, new media, resources, and more.
As always, this newsletter is a collaborative effort by members of the network who are passionate about sharing information and building connections among leaders fighting the oil and gas industry.
🚨 Network & Partner Alerts
The following alerts are posted in the Network Bulletin. Visit the network to add your updates.
- Expert needing to speak on plastic’s impact on health – Tammy Murphy, Physicians for Social Responsibility
- East Palestine Train Derailment Waste: Community Impacts– Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance
- East Palestine disaster polling data – Leah Zamesnik, Environmental Polling Consortium
- Report: The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes – Beyond Plastics
- The Importance of Keeping a Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Development – Environmental Health Project
- Evidence Shows Oil and Gas Companies Use PFAS in New Mexico Wells – FracTracker Alliance and Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Help Plan PA Climate Convergence 2
- Petition to DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg and President Biden to stop LNG by Rail – Anneke van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper Network
- Action Alert – Train Derailment Response – OH and PA Must Take Action! – Alex Downing, Center for Coalfield Justice
📆 Upcoming Events
To get upcoming events, make sure your profile is up to date and turn on notifications in the 📆 Events Calendar.
- May 18: Monthly Network Call, Halt the Harm Network
- May 23: The Fight to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline: An Update from West Virginia, Halt the Harm Network and West Virginia Rivers Coalition
- May 23: Polling 101: What is it, when and how to utilize it, Environmental Polling Consortium
- May 25: Spring 2023 Network Meet & Greet, Halt the Harm Network
- June 13: A.I. for Organizing and Campaigns, Social Movement Technologies [Paid workshop] – More info
📹 Event Recordings
Here are links to the last 4 recordings available in the network
- Leader Interview: Fighting forever chemicals on the local and federal level with Teena Halbig
- Hellbent Panel Discussion: One Community’s Fight to Stop a Fracking Waste Injection Well, Halt the Harm Network and FracTracker Alliance
- A Public, Renewable Power Future: Moving Beyond Monopoly, Fossil-Fueled Utilities, Center for Biological Diversity
- Leader Interview: Building a network for Environmental Justice – Harriet Festing
→ See all events in the 📹 Network Recordings Space and leader interviews in the 🎙️ Interviews Space
🎉 Acknowledgements
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Shout out to Gillian Graber for being featured in Insider Climate News for her work fighting fracking waste in Pennsylvania, and congratulations to Protect PT for turning 8 last month! We celebrate their incredible efforts to fight the harms of the oil & gas industry in Pennsylvania. 🎉
You can give someone a shoutout in the network Conversations Space and they will be added to the next newsletter. There are so many people doing important, thankless work; let’s all spread the word about our wins!
Thank you for reading the Halt the Harm Newsletter! This email is a group project by members in the network who want to help the exchange of information and connections among leaders fighting oil & gas industry.
Send us updates or upcoming events you would like posted on the network Events Calendar any time via email, or by posting in the network.
Hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Ryan, AC, Kevin, Sundeep, Marty, and Krishna
Halt the Harm Network
PEOPLE POWERED AGAINST THE HARMS OF FRACKING
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