by Caspar Henderson
“[Living Downstream] was a pivotal book published at a pivotal moment.” Steingraber’s book was recommended by sociologist and writer Rebecca Altman as one of “the Best Books on Pollution,” on Five Books. Read the article
In the Media
The Best Books on Pollution
September 21st, 2017Planet in Focus Announces 2017 Line-Up
September 19th, 2017by Pat Mullen
“[Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival] will open with the world premiere of Chanda Chevannes’ Unfractured. The film profiles activist and rebel Dr. Sandra Steingraber in an uplifting portrait of a woman firmly committed to saving the world while balancing her responsibilities at work and at home.” A first announcement of the new film appears in Point of View Magazine. Read the article
Fracking Study Links Pollution, Earthquakes to Drilling in Texas Shale
June 19th, 2017By Lorraine Chow
“The findings of the exhaustive, 204-page analysis from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science boil down to this: drilling and fracking operations bring temporary prosperity to a few and serious health and safety risks to many.” Ecowatch turned to Dr. Steingraber for perspective on this new report. Read the article
Will Politicians Ever Stop Taking Money From Big Oil?
June 12th, 2017“When you come to a place like California and find out that there are no laws, or no regulations, that say that the drill has to be set back a certain number of feet, or miles, from a residence, a day care center, or a workplace, its really alarming.” Dr. Steingraber is featured in an UPROXX video on the “Oil Money Out” movement in California.
Is the Crestwood Midstream Project Truly Dead?
May 31st, 2017by Lori Sonken
“The driveway upon which we were arrested became a theatre of ordinary people literally standing against trucks that were servicing a fossil fuel project that we felt was dangerous to drinking water, possibly explosive, and putting a lake at risk…” Dr. Steingraber was interviewed for this Ithaca.com piece on recent progress protecting Seneca Lake, New York from a massive gas storage proposal. Read the article
Crestwood Discontinues Methane Storage Plans
May 25th, 2017by WRFI News Staff
Dr. Steingraber spoke with WRFI’s Lori Sonken on the station’s Community News about what social and political actions led up to the halting of methane storage plans on Seneca Lake. Listen here
KPFA Evening News – May 20, 2017
May 20th, 2017“Poor and non-white people are being disproportionately impacted by these risks,” Dr. Steingraber explains on the Bay Area’s KPFA Evening News, about the threats to California’s water and air by that state’s oil and gas extraction activities. Steingraber links the role of oil and gas lobbying funds to the lack of public health protections. Begins at 6:39 on MP3. Listen here.
Your Call: Big Oil in California Politics
May 19th, 2017by Rose Aguilar and Laura Flynn
On KALW’s “Your Call,” Dr. Steingraber and California organizer David Braun discuss the overwhelming influence of the oil and gas lobby in California and the way in which it stalls action to protect public health and the environment from harmful drilling and fracking activities, from Los Angeles to Kern County. Listen here
Flashpoints – May 18, 2017
May 19th, 2017Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein
Dr. Steingraber is interviewed on KPFA’s “Flashpoints,” discussing the role of oil and gas industry lobby money in California politics, and the unique and unabated risks of drilling in California. Listen here
Crestwood Will Not Expand Natural Gas Storage at Seneca Lake
May 12th, 2017by Alyssa Plock
“We hear more about Crestwood’s decision not to expand natural gas storage in Seneca Lake from two of the civil disobedience organizers Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., a Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College, and Onondaga Nation Attorney Joe Heath.” WCNY’s The Capitol Pressroom focuses on the halt to methane storage expansion on Seneca Lake. Listen here