Eileen Flanagan

The story of one small group's participation in this month's historic climate demonstrations is an example of how movements and campaigns can work together to build power for one another.More

“They are not victims!” shouted Gasland director Josh Fox as he stood on stage before a group of about 10 people who had been hurt by hydraulic fracturing.More

South Africa announced Friday that it would lift its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as “fracking.” In response, Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) is launching a legal battle to protect the ecologically-sensitive, arid area in the Karoo region of the Eastern Cape, under which most of the natural gas lies.More

More than one black South African has told me that they saw the environment as a “white people’s issue” when they were cutting their activist teeth in the struggle against apartheid.More