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Dakota Resource Council podcast is a weekly update with organization news, events and member profiles. Formed in 1978, Dakota Resource Council grew out of existing organizing efforts responding to impacts from coal development. Each year brings new threats to our members and their communities. Local residents often have to play defense when it comes to rapid energy and agriculture policies and infrastructure. But – they have power when they come together as a community.Responsible development requires local short-term and long-term concerns from constituents to be taken into account when decisions are being made. We owe it to our neighbors, our communities, and our future generations to protect our state’s resources and local voices.DRC works with communities across the state to organize around common goals of securing a thriving North Dakota and putting people first. Members take action to create public awareness and shape public policy to ensure safe and responsible development, to protect North Dakota’s agricultural economy, and to establish a foundation for a just transition to a diverse energy economy.
Episodes
In this episode, DRC Rural Energy and Data Center Organizer Ishauna Jacobberger sits down with Mercer County resident and retired educator Linette Irwin to discuss the massive data center developments proposed in central North Dakota.
Linette shares how she and a dedicated group of neighbors formed Mercer County Concerned Citizens to dig into public records, map lease options, and uncover the true scale of proposed projects in their...
In this episode of the Dakota Resource Council Podcast, we sit down with Nicole Donaghy, Executive Director of North Dakota Native Vote, to discuss the challenges and opportunities Indigenous communities face in North Dakota. From her early days as a field organizer with DRC to leading advocacy efforts on voting rights and environmental justice, Nicole shares her journey and the vital role of grassroots organizing in creating syste...
Since 2018, Scott Skokos has led the Dakota Resource Council (DRC) in its fight for North Dakota’s land, water, and communities. In this episode, host Sean Erickson sits down with Scott to discuss the history of DRC, how it empowers local voices against corporate and government overreach, and its role in shaping policies that protect farmers, ranchers, and the environment.
From coal mining reform to tackling oil ...
In this re-launch episode, host Sean Erickson (Communications Coordinator at the Dakota Resource Council) catches up with Don Morrison, former Executive Director of DRC (2012–2018).
Don reflects on the organization’s deep roots in grassroots organizing, from pushing for responsible oil regulations to safeguarding farmland and ranching communities across North Dakota.
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Welcome to the Dakota Resource Council (DRC) podcast. In this episode, we have a special guest, Liz Anderson, DRC's lead organizer, joining us to discuss the urgent methane fight.
Liz takes us on a journey as she recounts DRC's recent Eco Flight over Ft. Berthold?Bakken, providing a firsthand account of the alarming flaring situation. We explore the statistics surrounding flared gas and its far-reaching environmental, health, and ec...
DRC Executive Director, Scott Skokos and DRC organizer, Eliot Huggins, discuss Some legislative bills that DRC members need to keep an eye on.
We've got it all! Ag issues, methane issues and carbon pipeline issues...take a listen to what DRC staff and members have been up to this summer.
DRC Executive Director, Scott Skokos, along with DRC organizer, Eliot Huggins, discuss the past three DRC landowner meetings and legal options for effected landowners along the proposed Summit Carbon Pipeline route.
Dakota Resource Council will be having a landowner meeting on Tuesday, March 8th from 6-8pm at the Oakes Community Center in Oakes, ND. DRC has received many calls from area landowners in the area about the proposed Summit Carbon Pipeline. DRC will be discussing legal options, safety concerns and a collective strategy. For more information, call Eliot at DRC (701) 997-5181.
This week, we are talking to DRC Executive Director, Scott Skokos, about the proposed Summit Carbon Pipeline. Why are they wanting this pipeline? What do you do if you're contacted and offered a lease agreement? What are the next steps? Hopefully this podcast will give you some insight of what is happening and what the next steps are.
If you or somebody else that you know has been contacted with a lease agreement offer and w...
Momentum is building to reinstate Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL) for beef! The American Beef Labeling Act (S.2716) is a bipartisan bill that will bring back MCOOL. Reinstating MCOOL will help North Dakotans by promoting a safe and affordable supply of wholesome beef for America’s consumers; and help foster a fairer, more competitive market for North Dakota’s ranchers and consumers.
Email Senator Cr...
Today, we discuss Mandatory COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) for local ranchers. We have Bill Bullard, Chief Executive Officer of R-CALF USA. We also have DRC leader, David Schwalbe who is one of many DRC members fighting for COOL.
For years, beef producers have been getting the short end of the stick and consumers have been deceived on the beef that they are buying. We can change that so that ranchers can survive and prosp...
Today, we introduce DRC's new Coal Country Organizer, Eliot Huggins.
We talk to Ed and Paul from CLEAN as they tell us how their first ever annual meeting went and talk about upcoming meetings and events.
DRC member, Paul Jensen talks about DRC's meeting with EPA Administrator, Michael Regan.
Dakota Resource Council has a new affiliate group! CLEAN in the F/M area has joined DRC and we have CLEAN's chairperson, Ed Gruchalla to talk about it.
We talk to DRC member, Sonja Kaye, about her running for the Board of Directors of Cass County Electric CO-OP, getting involved in your CO-OP and Project Tundra.
We take a look at this weeks happenings in the ND Legislature.
This week, DRC gets an update on HB 1115 from one of our leaders, Randy Coon. Executive Director Scott Skokos also joins to talk about a few other bills that DRC and its members are watching.
Farmers and Ranchers in Crisis takes a personal look at the stories of North Dakota agricultural producers across the state that have been affected by multiple economic crises including the trade war with China, droughts, flooding, low commodity prices, ranching issues, COVID-19, and the subsequent fallout of all of the events combined.
On this episode, we talk to Bill Hejl, a recently retired farmer that lives near Amenia, ND.
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