Author Archives: Shari Hrdina

First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March – September 2018 in Iowa

September 1, 2018 by Shari Hrdina
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Landowners who had their property taken by force for the Dakota Access Pipeline have joined with the Iowa Sierra Club in a lawsuit against the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB). They allege that the IUB illegally allowed Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) to use eminent domain to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. Their case is strong and has potentially historic significance. To raise awareness of the importance of this lawsuit, Bold Iowa and Indigenous Iowa are partnering with the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter and Seeding Sovereignty to Continue reading →

2018 First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March

March 30, 2018 by Shari Hrdina
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Saturday, Sept. 1st to Saturday, Sept. 8th Landowners who had their property taken by force for the Dakota Access Pipeline have joined with the Iowa Sierra Club in a lawsuit against the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB). They allege that the IUB illegally allowed Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) to use eminent domain to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. Their case is strong and has potentially historic significance. To raise awareness of the importance of this lawsuit, Bold Iowa is organizing an eight-day, 90-mile march. Marchers will Continue reading →

“Sabotage” bill a Trojan Horse for eminent domain abuse

February 8, 2018 by Shari Hrdina
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“Sabotage” bill a Trojan Horse for eminent domain abuse [by Ed Fallon] About twenty years ago, growth-management advocates across the US were shocked when the Tennessee General Assembly enacted one of the nation’s strongest anti-urban sprawl bills. At the time, I was working on similar legislation in Iowa, so I traveled to Nashville to learn more. Sitting in the office of a state lawmaker who helped champion the bill, I asked, “How did you make this happen?” “Mah friend,” drawled the lawmaker as he drew Continue reading →

Jamaica’s Climate Walk – December 2016 in Jamaica

December 3, 2016 by Shari Hrdina
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Video: https://www.facebook.com/1413135175655668/videos/1637883669847483     Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Jamaicas-Climate-Walk-1413135175655668     Message from the coordinator, July 3, 2015:     Ed, we need your support! Please assist us with broadcasting with to your contacts and followers and encourage them to register and participate. This is now a national event with the largest media print agencies on board. We would appreciate as much support as possible and any contributions towards the initiative to ensure its success. Jamaica is a tough country to get on board but we are making significant Continue reading →

Notes from the EPA Meeting – January 2015 in Washington DC

February 2, 2015 by Shari Hrdina
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Great March for Climate Action EPA Meeting, Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 {Notes and input from Bruce Nayowith, Kat Haber, Ben Bushwick and Ed Fallon.} We met with Joseph Goffman, Senior Counsel, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, United States Environmental Protection Agency and with Mark Rupp, Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations. Marchers in attendance: Kelsey Erickson, John Jorgensen, Shira Wohlberg, Miriam Kashia, Kat Haber, Paul Sherlock, Bruce Nayowith. Pamela Hunter with CCL was also there. EPA: Staff opened the meeting asking us if there Continue reading →

Notes From the White House Meeting – January 2015 in Washington DC

February 2, 2015 by Shari Hrdina
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 Climate March meeting with White House staff Rohan Patel, Dan Utech and Angela Barranco Notes compiled with assistance from Bruce Nayowith, Ben Bushwick, Kat Haber, Miriam Kashia and Ed Fallon WH: Angela Barranco is Associate Director for public engagement. Dan Utech is Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change. Formerly, and he was a senior adviser at the U.S. Department of Energy. Rohan Patel is a Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where Continue reading →

Meckley Walks Back to School

January 12, 2015 by Shari Hrdina
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | January 12, 2015 Contact: Faith Meckley, bluegirl3666@yahoo.com, 315-576-6590 Ithaca College student planning 53-mile walk from home to school   Rather than driving to school, 19-year-old Ithaca College sophomore Faith Meckley has decided to take 5 days to walk the 53 miles that stand between her home in Geneva and Ithaca College. Her walk will begin January 14 and ends January 18 when she arrives on campus and moves into her dorm in the Sustainably Conscious Living and Learning Community. Meckley plans to walk Continue reading →

Meeting with White House Officials

December 30, 2014 by Shari Hrdina
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On January 28th, a delegation of Climate Marchers will meet with key White House officials, specifically Dan Utech, Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, and Rohan Patel, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. We are excited to be able to share the Climate March story – and the stories of the people we met along the way on the front lines of the climate crisis – with two people who have the President’s ear on climate Continue reading →

Silent Winter Hike (NY)

December 30, 2014 by Shari Hrdina
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Climate Marcher Charles “Greenrider” Chandler departs December 31 on a 22-day, 220-mile Silent Winter Hike through the Finger Lakes Region of New York to raise funds for We Are Seneca Lake. His pilgrimage includes a pledge of silence, and he has created a GoFundMe page. Let’s help him and the Seneca Lake activists out!

Miriam Kashia’s Outreach

December 18, 2014 by Shari Hrdina
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“I am currently working to raise awareness and garner opposition and comments to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) and the Army Corps of Engineers (the only body with the authorization to require an environmental impact statement). The IUB is comprised of three people appointed by Governor Branstad, and they will decide whether to issue a permit for the Bakken Oil Pipeline to be allowed to be built through Iowa. Like the KXL Pipeline, it will speed up a “Game Over” for the planet (to quote Continue reading →