176. Activists Mia Perales and David Corbin on What Is and What Isn't Working with Omaha Environmentalism

Mia Perales is a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Last year she won an environmental achievement award from the
Nebraska chapter of the Sierra Club after leading climate work
with the city-wide group Students for Sustainability and starting
a lunch composting program at Omaha South High School that’s
since been adopted at Central High School.


David Corbin is a longtime environmentalist in Omaha. He’s been a
public health professor at UNO, a leader in the local Sierra Club
and a staple at Earth Day in Elmwood Park with his guitar and
extensive catalog of Neil Young songs. Currently he’s involved
with a group protesting the North Omaha coal plant’s delayed
shutdown from 2023 to 2026.


Omaha officials are currently working on a plan to prepare for
and prevent the worst effects of climate change. On today's
episode, Perales and Corbin are in conversation with Chris
Bowling.