Crisis to Comeback: Oil & Gas to Climate Activist | Wade Pridgen Part 2 - KVNF Public Radio
Crisis to Comeback: Oil & Gas to Climate Activist | Wade Pridgen Part 2
Part 2 of an interview with Hotchkiss, Colorado resident Wade Pridgen. Wade is a self described misfit from Florida, he has an extensive background in land surveying for large infrastructure projects and he worked in the oil and gas industry from 2014 to 2021. He is now retired and spends his days living in an RV on his little bit of land with his two dogs. Wade has made it his personal mission "to be a soldier for Mother Earth."
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