The Gulf is Rising. Get on Board.
This podcast is a collection of stories and interviews around the petrochemical build-out's impact on the Gulf Coast and the lives of the people who live here.
How to Stop a Pipeline
Alyssa Portaro thought she’d found paradise on 24 acres in Louisiana, until a 42-inch gas pipeline threatened her home, pond, and wildlife sanctuary.
In this episode, Habitat Recovery Project, Bold Alliance, and Oilfield Witness reveal how communities can fight back against industrial giants and win. From solar-powered barns in pipeline paths to Louisiana’s first Earth Church, this is resistance in action.
CHEMICAL WASTE MISMANAGEMENT 004
50 years of poisoning the water and the air of Southwest Louisiana, this hub of toxic waste disposal is looking for leniency. Mass animal die-offs, human sickness, and years of dumping toxic chemicals down back country roads, all exposed in the latest episode of Gulf Rising.
IN THE WAKE OF LNG 003
LNGs are tanking Louisiana fishermen. The frequency with which oil and LNG tankers are moving through a once-serene oyster patch is ever-increasing. The oyster fishermen have been reduced to using a single, vulnerable dock, where their boats are damaged and even sunk by the wakes of these giant vessels.
POISON IN THE WELL 001
Our show launches with an interview with Ms. Debra Ramirez, a 40 year climate activist out of Mossville, Louisiana. An elder in the climate activism community, Ms. Debra details her life experience growing up in Mossville, and fighting for environmental justice.