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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2020 · 23 MIN

2. UNC... Has A Coal Plant On Campus?

from In Our Backyard Podcast · host Jenn Galler

This episode I have a conversation with Elizabeth O’Nan, chair of Chapel Hill Organization for Clean Energy (CHOCE). We talk about The University of North Carolina’s reliance on coal as an energy source, what ‘clean’ energy means, how CHOCE is taking action, and what sets CHOCE apart from other organizations fighting this coal plant. Links to all the articles we referenced:   https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2020/01/coal-lawsuit-0107 https://youtu.be/hqD_qdoPFy8 https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-cardiac-arrests-2644941669.html?fbclid=IwAR3d4xIFvhMUYlVKksPocBj9iuUaj9IjGvwIlL5kV_0KufNlqEPEZB3JtCM https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/health/air-pollution-heart-disease-study/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2dsOAfBiNS3qarGPcNjH1JQQETV1SCOtvR1Cyvy8vBUpc2sS0WJlcMeDg https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2019/december18/index.cfm?fbclid=IwAR2erjqSBJhAS3t1jem_aI-ssLFR62bE8q820VcC7EG6g01qVLQM2FdzGqo To contact the CHOCE chapter: [email protected] or 828.655.0376 CHOCE FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CHOCE/ Always check out what’s happening with BREDL at BREDL.org Background Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/c/mbbmusic https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial https://www.instagram.com/mbb_music

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This episode I have a conversation with Elizabeth O’Nan, chair of Chapel Hill Organization for Clean Energy (CHOCE). We talk about The University of North Carolina’s reliance on coal as an energy source, what ‘clean’ energy means, how CHOCE is taking action, and what sets CHOCE apart from other organizations fighting this coal plant. Links to all the articles we referenced: https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2020/01/coal-lawsuit-0107 https://youtu.be/hqD_qdoPFy8 https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-cardiac-arrests-2644941669.html?fbclid=IwAR3d4xIFvhMUYlVKksPocBj9iuUaj9IjGvwIlL5kV_0KufNlqEPEZB3JtCM https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/health/air-pollution-heart-disease-study/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2dsOAfBiNS3qarGPcNjH1JQQETV1SCOtvR1Cyvy8vBUpc2sS0WJlcMeDg https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2019/december18/index.cfm?fbclid=IwAR2erjqSBJhAS3t1jem_aI-ssLFR62bE8q820VcC7EG6g01qVLQM2FdzGqo To contact the CHOCE chapter: [email protected] or 828.655.0376 CHOCE FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CHOCE/ Always check out what’s happening with BREDL at BREDL.org Background Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/c/mbbmusic https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial https://www.instagram.com/mbb_music

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