John Urgo, Salt Lake City, UT : an interview by Rob DeBirk

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Title John Urgo, Salt Lake City, UT : an interview by Rob DeBirk
Alternative Title No.546 John Urgo
Creator Urgo, John
Contributor Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; DeBirk, Rob (Robert William), 1979-
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2008-07-22
Collection Number and Name ACCN 0814 Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007
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Date Digital 2014-06-11
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/
Subject Urgo, John--Interviews; Environmentalists--Biography
Description Transcript (22 pages) of inteview by Rob Debirk with John Urgo on July 22, 2008
Abstract Urgo is from Brooklyn, New York, and joined Green Corps, after studying Environmental Science in college, which moved him around the country a lot until he applied for a job with HEAL Utah in 2005 (which tends to focus on nuclear issues). He believes that environmental problems are justice problems and is active in power relations. His work in Green Corps involved a lot of organizing and volunteer recruitment, so then he became the Outreach Director for HEAL. As an organization they don't come up with plans and policy but more so educate the public to work towards change and watchdog big industry such as Energy Solutions. They're trying to keep nuclear waste and reactors out of Utah. He is a strong believer in renewable energy. Utah Environmentalist Oral History Project. Interviewer: Rob DeBirk
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Genre oral histories (literary works)
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Language eng
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ARK ark:/87278/s62z2pwg
Topic Environmentalists
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ID 799670
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z2pwg
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