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 …
Energy
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 …
Activism, Energy, Environmental Justice, Politics
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 …
Energy, Oceans, Wind
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?
Energy, Oceans, Wind
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?
Energy, Fracking, Uncategorized
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?