Energy

Culture, Energy, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Place

Holy Land

Holy Land

I lived in a small community outside Wheeling, West Virginia for seven months in 2020. New Vrindaban – a spiritual community drawing on Vaisnava Hindu tradition, current population 100 people and 70 cows – was my refuge from COVID-19; a

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Fracking, Place

Boom: Fossil Fuel Collisions

Fracking | Accident 

The driver of the frackwater truck swerved because there was a little girl walking along the highway. She was walking eastward early that morning, not precisely on the shoulder, swerving in and out of the edge line the way …

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Activism, Energy, Environmental Justice, Politics

Manish Rattu, 16, a junior at Pittsburg High School, speaks during a student protest against the proposed WesPac oil storage and transfer project in Pittsburg, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014.  (Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group)

Reformist // Revolutionary – Not a Dichotomy: A Reflection on Organizing Strategies in the WesPac Movement in Pittsburg, CA

Introduction 

I quickly walk over to the building that houses Greg’s insurance agency, as well as other suites – I am running late. The downtown area brings back a flood of memories: running to the marina for cross country …

by × May 15, 2020 × 2 comments

Energy, Oceans, Wind

Flipping the switch: A clean energy future for Brayton Point? (Part II)

Flipping the switch: A clean energy future for Brayton Point? (Part II)

With the retirement of the Brayton Point coal plant, can this former coal town redefine itself as an offshore wind energy hub?
by × January 24, 2019 × 1 comment

Energy, Oceans, Wind

Flipping the switch: A coal plant retirement and a community’s response (Part I)

Flipping the switch: A coal plant retirement and a community’s response (Part I)

With the retirement of the Brayton Point coal plant, can this former coal town redefine itself as an offshore wind energy hub?
by × January 23, 2019 × 0 comments

Energy, Fracking, Uncategorized

Fracking Goes to Court: Will State or Local Government Determine America’s Energy Future?

Fracking Goes to Court: Will State or Local Government Determine America’s Energy Future?

Do state governments have the right to decide where fracking wells go, or do the towns themselves get to call the shots?
by × November 26, 2012 × 2 comments