Author: Lisa Sharp

Lisa Sharp is the face behind Retro Housewife Goes Green. She’s a wife, activist, and freelance writer. Lisa lives in a small town in Oklahoma and is working to bring more green to Oklahoma. She serves on the board for the local recycling coalition, and is active with the local Green Drinks group. Lisa also run the website Green Oklahoma, a green resource, news and events site.

Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Industry to Hide Pollution

BY Lisa Sharp ON April 15, 2019

When my husband and I were house hunting in Oklahoma a few years ago, we took into account where we looked at homes. One thing we wanted to avoid was living too close to a polluted area, as we knew at the time, the local cement...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Oklahoma, Politics, Pollution

Changes in Oklahoma, But It’s Still Fracked

BY Lisa Sharp ON December 10, 2018

I live in one of the reddest states in the country – Oklahoma. Every single county went to Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Many Oklahomans held little hope for change in the midterm elections, but there were some promising signs. Voter turnout for the...

TOPICS: Fracking, Natural Gas, Oklahoma, Politics

Oklahoma’s “Mercury Alley” Town has Lowest Life Expectancy Rate

BY Lisa Sharp ON October 29, 2018

If you want to live a long life don’t move to Stilwell, Oklahoma. According to the most detailed local health data ever released by the National Center for Health Statistics this small, rural town in Oklahoma has the lowest life expectancy rate in the U.S. Poverty...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Coal, Oklahoma, Social Justice

Oklahoma Megafires Put Firefighters and Families at Risk

BY Lisa Sharp ON April 30, 2018

I live in south central Oklahoma, over 150 miles from the largest of the two recent wildfires. Since April 12th, over 350,000 acres have burned in western Oklahoma in these two wildfires. Both fires are almost contained thanks to much-needed rainfall. But it’s been a long...

TOPICS: Climate Change, Dads, Heat and Extreme Weather, Oklahoma

Tar Creek: The Toxic Mess in Scott Pruitt’s Backyard

BY Lisa Sharp ON January 30, 2018

When Scott Pruitt became head of the EPA, the first thing that came to my mind was, Tar Creek. It’s not a place many have heard of, but it’s a place that has impacted the lives of Oklahomans for years. Tar Creek Background Tar Creek...

TOPICS: Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Environment, EPA, Oklahoma, Social Justice, Toxics

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