The Visionary Activist Show – Protecting Lavaca Bay

Caroline hosts the indefatigable Diane Wilson on her 22nd day of fasting to protect Lavaca Bay from nefarious destruction. End oil exports now…

We gather in radio magic to support our team-mate, with telepathic electrolytes, and that her dedication be effective…..

“I am risking my life to stop this project because it would destroy my community’s fisheries, our climate, and our way of life,” said Diane Wilson. “Stopping this oil export project should be a no brainer for a President that cares about environmental justice and the climate.”

 

Shrimper begins hunger strike to pressure Biden Administration to withdraw Matagorda Bay, TX dredging permit for oil exports (Earthworks) 

https://www.earthworks.org/media-releases/shrimper-begins-hunger-strike-to-pressure-biden-administration-to-withdraw-matagorda-bay-tx-dredging-permit-for-oil-exports/

For the Bay, from the Heart (Sierra Club) 

https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blog/2021/04/for-bay-heart

 

Diane Wilson is a fourth-generation shrimper from Seadrift, Texas. She became involved in environmental issues in 1989 when she learned of neighbors’ health problems, dolphin die-offs and reduced fishery catches, and found that Calhoun County topped the list of most polluted counties in the United States, per the Toxic Release Inventory.

With San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers, Diane Wilson successfully sued Formosa Plastics Corp., for their discharge of plastic pellets into the Bay. The settlement included $50 million for funding of environmental projects in the local area, the largest citizen CWA settlement. Formosa has also accepted a zero-discharge goal, with full recycling of their wastewater stream.

Her work on behalf of the people and aquatic life of Seadrift, Texas, has won her a number of awards including: National Fisherman Magazine Award, Mother Jones’s Hell Raiser of the Month, Louis Gibbs’ Environmental Lifetime Award, Louisiana Environmental Action (LEAN) Environmental Award, Giraffe Project, Jenifer Altman Award, and the Bioneers Award.

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