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On A People’s Climate: one woman’s fight against one of the most powerful chemical companies in the world.
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An Unreasonable Woman with Diane Wilson | A People’s Climate
In this episode of A People’s Climate, Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper and relentless environmental activist, to explore her decades-long fight against Formosa Plastics—a $250 billion petrochemical giant polluting the Texas Gulf Coast.
From hunger strikes to scaling the White House fence, Diane’s unwavering activism has not only won a historic $50 million settlement, but transformed her community’s fisheries and galvanized citizen-led environmental justice.
Her story is a masterclass in persistence, civil disobedience, and the power of ordinary people to create extraordinary change.
Learn more at apeoplesclimate.org
Resources:
– CODEPINK
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In this episode of A People’s Climate, Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper and relentless environmental activist, to explore her decades-long fight against Formosa Plastics—a $250 billion petrochemical giant polluting the Texas Gulf Coast.
From hunger strikes to scaling the White House fence, Diane’s unwavering activism has not only won a historic $50 million settlement but also transformed her community’s fisheries and galvanized citizen-led environmental justice.
Her story is a masterclass in persistence, civil disobedience, and the power of ordinary people to create extraordinary change.
Learn more at apeoplesclimate.org
Resources:
– CODEPINK
Presented by Counterstream Media and The Nation
Powered by Wildseeds Fund
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Reframing Resistance (Live from NYC Climate Week) | A People’s Climate
For this special season finale, recorded live during NYC Climate Week, host Shilpi Chhotray convenes a powerful storytelling event with three frontline media makers: Chantel Comardelle, Alexandra Norris, and B. Preston Lyles.
This is more than a conversation about films or campaigns — it’s an intimate window into the lived realities of climate and environmental injustice. From Indigenous land loss in Louisiana, to the ongoing fight against the petrochemical buildout in Cancer Alley, to exposing the violence of toxic prisons, this discussion centers the human stories too often sidelined in mainstream climate narratives.
Our guests speak candidly about their experiences, what sustains them in the face of systemic harm, why frontline voices must lead solutions, and how storytelling itself becomes a vital tool of resistance, survival, and collective power.
This live storytelling event was made possible in partnership with Dr. Margot Brown, Senior Vice President of Justice and Equity at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Frontline Resource Institute. Special thanks to Chess Jakobs, Counterstream Media’s Impact Producer, who produced this event.
Key Topics
- Frontline climate and environmental justice: Stories from communities directly impacted by the climate crisis and extractive industries.
- Indigenous displacement: The Isle de Jean Charles Choctaw Nation and climate-driven migration.
- Sharon Lavigne’s fight against petrochemical expansion in Cancer Alley
- Toxic prisons: The intersection of mass incarceration, environmental harm, and systemic injustice.
- How spiritual grounding and faith sustains organizing. Using film and media to reclaim narratives and highlight underrepresented stories.
- Narrative power: How media shapes perception, policy, and the climate movement’s priorities.
Resources
Isle de Jean Charles Choctaw Nation
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