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 chance to turn inward, to connect with nature. And as a native New Yorker and certified East Coast Liberal, living […]
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 she does with thick, dulled crayons. She might have been chasing a ball or a cat. From my desk now […]
Do state governments have the right to decide where fracking wells go, or do the towns themselves get to call the shots?
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.
In Texas, just because you own the ground beneath your feet doesn’t mean you own the oil beneath the ground.