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A Concerned Citizen is an Official Selection of the Cinema Verde International Environmental Film & Arts Festival February 13th-16th in Gainesville, Florida. Visit www.cinemaverde.org/ for more information.
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Docuseek2 is the new academic streaming source for the best in social issue and documentary film, with hundreds of titles in all major disciplines.This just in from Our Children's Trust - YouthvGov...
The Ninth Circuit released its decision. 2:1 Split court agreed with youth on all main points EXCEPT one...
Agreed
√ government was actively contributing to climate change,
√ youth plaintiffs did prove harm / injuries
√ youth plaintiffs did show federal policies were a substantial factor in causing plaintiffs’ constitutional injuries
Disagreed
√ a majority of the panel concluded there was nothing federal courts could do to address these constitutional violations
Youth plaintiffs will file a petition for an en banc review by all the justices of the Ninth Circuit court.
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We're thrilled to be at the 2020 Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Stay tuned to see our Digital Strategist, Nicole C. Scott speak on behalf of our film at 5:25pm.
The World Economic Forum explains how we can help protect our water sources.
Here's why we should protect our water sources
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Protecting our water sources brings a wealth of benefits.This happened in Seattle last year! We hope our film is screened in more festivals! First up this year is January 18th at the Wild And Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, CA
West Seattle Meaningful Movies presents 'A Concerned Citizen' (2019-05-04)
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A Concerned Citizen “Provides the viewer with both a history of how we got into this environmental mess as well as a roadmap for how to move forward. . . . Highly recommended!” –Anne Miller, South Seattle Climate Action Network This film documents the work of Dr. Riki Ott, a whistlebFood & Water Watch reports that the Senate Environmental and Natural Resources Committee in Florida has moved forward the fracking ban legislation sponsored by Committee Chair Senator Bill Montford.
In this article by Food & Water Watch, read about the new cuts to the environmental protection funds in Pennsylvania.
A Fracking Slush Fund is a Terrible Plan for Pennsylvania
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Governor Wolf’s Restore PA Plan is Bad Policy and Cynical PoliticsGreat news! Baltimore residents, with the help of Food & Water Watch have managed to block Baltimore’s municipal water from ever being privatized and jeopardized by greedy corporations.
Baltimore Becomes First Big U.S. City to Ban Water Privatization
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Baltimore City paves the way for how cities across the country can protect their water systems from the risks and costs of corporate control.Food & Water Watch reports on a plan to build a massive fracked gas power plant in Dover Plains, near Connecticut.
The Fight to Stop Cricket Valley
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New York banned fracking and passed a strong new climate law. So why is it building new fracked gas power plants?Food & Water Watch explains the importance of banning fracking immediately.
Fracking Endgame: It's Literally Us Or The Frackers
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With just a few years left to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy, the pressure is on to pivot away from fossil fuels as fast as we can. But if the frackers get their way, it’s game over for a stable climate. It’s them or us.In this article by NPR, learn more about the lack of water access for minorities and rural groups in the United States.
Wharton water conference highlights water inequity in U.S.
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The Global Water Alliance symposium focused on challenges to clean-water access and underscored that the problem isn’t confined to the developing world.In this article by The New York Times, read why the Donald J. Trump administration is proposing a rule that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from relying on research when crafting regulations.
E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules
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A new agency rule would restrict the science that can be used in drafting health regulations by requiring researchers to turn over confidential health data.We're pleased to announce that our film is an Official Selection of the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival! We will share an event listing with the date, location, and time, when the schedule is published.
Greenpeace International explains the effects of fracking in our environment.
Fracking’s Environmental Impacts: Water
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In order to frack, an enormous amount of water is mixed with various toxic chemical compounds to create frack fluid. This frack fluid is further contaminated by the heavy metals and radioactive elements that exist naturally in the shale. A significant portion of the frack fluid returns to the surfac...Unicredit Bank, the largest bank in Italy and one of the largest in Europe, just released a policy that rules out financing for Arctic oil projects! Learn more in this article by Reuters.
Italy's UniCredit to exit thermal coal financing by 2023
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Italian bank UniCredit has pledged to halt all lending for thermal coal projects...According to a new study by Detroit Free Press, there may be at least 1.6 million Americans without a tap or toilet in their home.
How many Americans go without clean water? Study aims to find out
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A new study aims to find out how many American slack access to water and to identify ways to extend water access to all Americans.According to the report by DigDeep and the U.S. Water Alliance, fifty-eight out of every 1,000 Native American households lack plumbing, compared with three out of every 1,000 white households.
Native Americans Have the Most Difficulty Accessing Clean Water, Report Says
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The groundwater in some areas of the Navajo Nation has been contaminated by the 521 abandoned uranium mines.A Concerned Citizen Movie updated their business hours.
We are thrilled to be an official selection at the 2020 Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Grass Valley, California! We'll let you know the date and time once the schedule becomes available.
A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action - Wild & Scenic Film Festival
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Learn more about the possible future legislation changes created to reduce the use of gas in commercial and residential buildings in this article by Reuters.
The next target in the climate-change debate: your gas stove
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Dozens of cities in liberal-leaning states such as California, Washington, and M...Thanks to Tim DeChristopher, for his review published in The Solutions Journal!
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“What can I do? What can I do?” That is the question constantly asked of Riki Ott, and not only does she have an answer, she has a whole curriculum about what citizens can do and have done to exercise their power to shape their own society. But equally instructive is the lived example of ...A new study by the Environmental Working Group shows that every year between 1982 and 2015, between 9 and 45 million people were served water that had violated federal health-based water quality standards.
New Data Show Severity of Water Contamination in Poor Neighborhoods
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A new report highlights the glaring injustice inherent in the U.S.'s drinking water systems.An international group of scientists released a report detailing how the fossil fuel industry actively campaigned to sow doubt about the climate crisis and what steps need to be taken to undo the damage, as the Los Angeles Times reported.
Report details how ExxonMobil and fossil fuel firms sowed seeds of doubt on climate change
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A new report details how ExxonMobil and the fossil fuel industry, over decades, worked to deceive the public over the science of climate change and avoid regulation.In this Washington Post article, Sheldon Whitehouse explains how fossil fuel companies misled the American people about the environmental problems caused by carbon pollution.
The fossil-fuel industry’s campaign to mislead the American people
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Oil and coal interests have taken a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook.Food & Water Watch has created a map to help illustrate the vast span of public lands across America, and illuminate where Big Oil and Gas corporations aim to drill and frack through it.
Mapping the Dangers of Fracking
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It feels like spring only just arrived, but as of tomorrow we’re less than a month away from the official start of summer: Memorial Day. National parks and forests across the country will welcome millions of hikers, campers, photographers “picnic-ers,” and others this summer: people looking to...A report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), identified eight states in the eastern and central U.S. where fracking operations have led to dramatic increases in earthquakes.
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Incorporating Induced Seismicity in the 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model—Results of 2014 Workshop and Sensitivity StudiesThe Conversation explains why roughly a quarter of Americans drink from water systems that violate the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enough
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A grade of 92 is an A at most schools, but for tap water it means that millions of Americans drink water that fails to met federal standards.REN21 explains the importance and benefits of clean energy.
Why is renewable energy important? - REN21
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Although there has been much progress in the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and expanding energy access over the past decade, the world is not on track to meet international climate goals established under the Paris Agreement, or international goals for sustainable development. We ar...Teen Ink Magazine explains why it is so important to push for a complete fracking ban.
As a longtime local filmmaker, Bo Boudart is pleased to submit A CONCERNED CITIZEN to the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival.
A Concerned Citizen Movie follows the life of Riki Ott, a dedicated community-minded organizer, author, educator, citizen, scientist, whistleblower, and environmentalist who continues today to help many individuals and communities recover from impacts of past oil spill disasters in Alaska, Michigan, Louisiana, California and Texas. She continues to write and introduce new laws that will help prevent those oil spills from happening across our country in the future with projects like Move To Amend and Ultimate Civics.
The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival
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Poppy Jasper Inc. is a non profit that has been promoting film and creativity through its annual film festival The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival f...A Concerned Citizen Movie is featured in this article by MeaningfulMoviesProject.
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This film documents the work of Dr. Riki Ott, a whistleblower who predicted the Exxon Valdez oil spill hours before it happened and came to the aid of her Alaskan community in their battle to get compensation for their loss of health and income.LabX presented by the National Academy of Sciences explains why clean and safe water is important for humanity.
Safe Drinking Water is Essential - Why is Safe Water Essential?
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Water is a fundamental human need. Each person on Earth requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water a day for drinking, cooking, and simply keeping themselves clean. Polluted water isn’t just dirty—it’s deadly. Some 1.8 million people die every year of diarrheal diseases like choler...Listen to Dr. Riki Ott talk about the Exxon oil disaster in the following link.
Riki Ott on The Paula Gordon Show
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... marine biologist & toxicologist. Dr. Ott presents a new understanding of oil's toxicity to humans and wildlife in her book, Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. She presents evidence for long-term and continuing effects from the 1989 Exxon catastrophe when...In this article by Chelsea Green Publishing, read an op-ed from Dr. Riki Ott—marine toxicologist, Exxon Valdez survivor, and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
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The following is an op-ed from Dr. Riki Ott—marine toxicologist, Exxon Valdez survivor, and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Cordova, Alaska. TheThe Guardian reports that companies responsible for toxic PFAS pollution testified before congress in a "hearing reminiscent of those with tobacco companies in the 1990s."
Companies deny responsibility for toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contamination
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The 3M Company, the Chemours Company and DuPont appeared before lawmakers over PFASLearn more about a new campaign calling on the United Nations to end fracking around the world in this article by The Guardian.
Back the global fracking ban, campaigners urge UN
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Emma Thompson and Mark Ruffalo among signatories of open letter to secretary generalTake action and support this campaign featured by Food & Water Watch that aims to reduce the dependency of California on fossil fuel.
California Leads: How to Break Fossil Fuel Dependence in the Golden State
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Report shows that California is expanding oil and gas operations and calls on Governor Newsom to take bold action.Truthout shares an article on the impossibility of fracking in the future.
Fracking Has No Place in a Livable Future
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Fossil fuel apologists call fracked gas a "bridge fuel." It's a bridge to planetary destruction.A study published earlier this year by researchers at more than a dozen environmental groups found that new U.S. oil and gas drilling, 90% of which involves fracking, is set to unleash 1,000 coal plants’ worth of climate pollution by 2050. Learn more in this article by HuffPost.
New U.S. Drilling To Unleash 1,000 Coal Plants’ Worth Of Pollution By 2050
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The great American fracking boom threatens to undermine efforts to avoid climate catastrophe in this century.A Concerned Citizen Movie will be shown in the Morehouse Film Festival 2019. For more information about the screening, see the link below.
Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival - October 10 - 12, 2019
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PRI Public Radio International explains some of the relevant health effects of fracking in humans.
Fracking causes environmental damage and birth defects, new study shows
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A new metastudy details the adverse effects fracking has on the local environment, the climate and human health.The Guardian has published some great infographics related to access to clean driving water around the world.
Access to drinking water around the world – in five infographics
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Billions of people have gained access to clean and safe drinking water since 1990, but data show that huge inequalities remainThe Indie Short Fest is an LA-based international film competition with bimonthly live screenings in Burbank, California and Hollywood, California. Our film, A Concerned Citizen Movie Movie is going to be featured at this festival.
A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action
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Dr. Riki Ott, is a whistleblower who predicted the Exxon Valdez oil spill hours before it happened. A toxicologist, author, and activist, Riki organized the Gulf coast communities to recover from t...National Review explains how fracking can be linked to a future of war and destruction around the world.
ThinkProgress reports on a new study by Duke University warning of the damaging effects of Fracking in the US.
Fracking is destroying U.S. water supply, warns shocking new study
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Toxic wastewater from fracking jumps 14-fold from 2011 to 2016 — and it may get 50 times bigger by 2030.Earthjustice shares an interactive map of all the fracking accidents related to the oil and gas drilling rush in the United States.
Fracking Across the United States
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Along with the unprecedented oil and gas drilling rush, have come troubling reports of poisoned drinking water, polluted air, mysterious animal deaths, industrial disasters and explosions: "Fraccidents."The Public Herald reports that the Pennsylvania's Dept. of Environmental Protection is allowing the discharge of radioactive fracking waste into 13 state waterways.
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A Public Herald investigation has uncovered that DEP is allowing 14 Sewage Waste Treatment Plants to discharge radioactive fracking waste as landfill leachate into 13 Pennsylvania Waterways. The process DEP created to “treat” and discharge the leachate through sewage plants appears to date as fa...
