Fracking

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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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

Actions, Activism, Fracking

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Powerful Interests: A Conversation with Sandra Steingraber

The award-winning writer, scientist, and activist talks to Sage Magazine about fracking, water pollution, surviving cancer, and why human rights and the environment are inextricably linked.
by × October 29, 2012 × 2 comments

Energy, Fracking

Oil, Oil, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink

Oil, Oil, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink

In Texas, just because you own the ground beneath your feet doesn't mean you own the oil beneath the ground.
by × October 19, 2012 × 3 comments

Energy, Fracking

Photo by Anthony Clark

Knowing the Risks

Sage Magazine's Caitlin Feehan interviews environmental economist Sheila Olmstead to get the skinny on regulations, water quality, and the future of fracking.
by × September 28, 2012 × 1 comment