HOW THE PUBLIC LANDS MOVEMENT FAILED (with Denise Boggs, Conservation Congress)
Episode description
On episode 90 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we peek behind the green curtain to uncover the REAL reasons why we keep losing our public lands to more logging, mining, drilling, and grazing, with Denise Boggs, director of Conservation Congress (conservationcongress-ca.org).
Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Denise about how:
-Large, corporate-funded foundations have hamstrung public lands advocacy
-Billions of dollars have propped up “environmental groups” that not only don’t protect public lands from extractive industries but advocate for corporate interests
-Both Republicans AND Democrats have advanced policy to gut public lands protections
-Partisan media outlets have hidden these scandals from the public
-The only way to save the public lands movement is to support grassroots ecosystem advocacy
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite U.S. grassroots ecosystem advocates through common campaigns of mutual support.