Marcello Mastrioanni starred in “The Organizer,” a 1963 gritty black and white film centered on an Italian labor organizer. Mastrioanni does his best to help workers push back against the factory owners who keep them in appalling conditions. Mastrioanni’s idealism keeps him going in the face of powerful opponents and little reward.
I thought about that movie today. I testified in a press conference held in Jim Thorpe to protest the UGI-PennEast pipeline. Two other land owners, an expert from the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, and I talked about the problems the proposed pipeline will cause for the environment and the farms it will pass through.
The press conference was organized by Linda Christman of Save Carbon County, a recently formed group that is working to preserve the natural environment and the economic well-being of the residents of Carbon.
I don’t think a movie will ever be made about Linda, but I have never known anyone who works as hard and keeps plugging away to ensure that a multi-billion dollar energy behaves in a reasonable and responsible way. She is truly amazing.
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