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Online Short
14 mins | 2024
Lauren Iverson

Electrifying Eugene

Electrifying Eugene offers a first-hand look at how cities can navigate pushback from the gas industry to pursue viable pathways to decarbonization.

Screenings
Online Only
October 28, 12 PM PDT - November 3, 11 PM PST
Online at FHFF.org
Online at FHFF.org
Online:
October 28 - November 3

Sponsored by:

Friday Harbor Film Festival

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Filmmaker Q&A:

(following each in-theatre screening)

About

Electrifying Eugene offers a first-hand look at how cities can navigate pushback from the gas industry to pursue viable pathways to decarbonization.


Local governments across the US are increasingly looking to phase out so-called "natural" gas to hit their climate targets — and discovering that the fossil fuel industry is prepared to do everything it takes to stop them. Following the work of Aya Cockram of Fossil Free Eugene, Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault of Beyond Toxics, Jan Hasselman of Earthjustice, Danny Noonan of Breach Collective, and Eugene’s Mayor Lucy Vinis, we explore how one community’s efforts to pursue electrification is being met with opposition from Oregon’s largest “natural” gas utility, Northwest Natural — and how by harnessing a groundswell of community support for fossil fuel controls, they are able to push back.

FILMMAKER BIO

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Lauren Iverson

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Lauren Iverson is a Video Producer for Gas Leaks Project, a non-profit dedicated to exposing the truth about the dangers of methane and the fossil fuel industry's disinformation campaign.


She is a storyteller with 8+ years of experience creating educational video content that inspires audiences to be curious about the world. She enjoys distilling complex topics into easily digestible narratives and has a proven track record of creating original content and promoting it across multiple platforms in a thoughtful, data-driven way.

CREDITS

Director

Lauren Iverson

Luminous Experiences (2020)


Producer

James Hadgis

400 Years Later.... Part 3: Confederate Monuments- Heritage or Hatred? (2020)


Editor

Jackson Hyland-Lipski

The Last Laugh (2016), What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)


Production Assistant

Elise de Cuba


Sound Recordist

Jim Cooke

Growing Floret (2022), From the Source (2021)


Sound Recordist

Dicky Dahl

Pay or Die (2022), My First Comedy Special (2018)


Score

Brendan Glasson

Billy (2019)


Technical Advisor

Caleb Heeringa

Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom (2018)


Key Cast

Aya Cockram

"Coalition Coordinator, Fossil Free Eugene"


Key Cast

Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault

"West Eugene Community Organizer, Beyond Toxics"


Key Cast

Danny Noonan

"Co-Founder, Breach Collective"


Key Cast

Lucy Vinis

"Mayor, City of Eugene"


Key Cast

Jan Hasselman

"Senior Attorney, Earthjustice"

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