Creators
Autumn Thoyre (organizer),
students at San Francisco State University, & students & staff at Colgate UniversityInspiration for the Project
“What would happen if we refocused our attention on those people and places systematically left off the map?” – Laura Pulido, Laura Barraclough and Wendy Cheng, in A People’s Guide to Los Angeles (2012: p. 6)Meta
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Fracking in Dimock, PA
Recently, natural gas has been hailed as the new, “clean” fossil fuel and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) as the 21st century technology making it possible. This project considers Dimock, Pennsylvania, where 130 violations were filed against Cabot Oil & Gas, which leased land from … Continue reading
Posted in Fossil fuels, Mining, Natural Gas
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Fairfield Renewable Energy Power Plant and Resource Recovery Project, Curtis Bay, MD
by Andrew Brummer, Colgate University, 2016 Energy Answers International, a private energy company based in Albany, New York, is currently building the nation’s largest waste-to-energy incinerator in Curtis Bay, Maryland. These types of power plants emit numerous different pollutants, including conventional greenhouse … Continue reading
Posted in Bioenergy, Power Plants, Renewables, Waste-to-Energy
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Haifa Bay Oil Refineries, Israel
Home to more than 272,000 people, Haifa is the third most populated city in Israel[1], and stretches across almost 9% of Israel’s shoreline. Haifa is considered a key industrial center in Israel, and is home to an energy group called … Continue reading
Posted in Fossil fuels, Oil, Refining
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Coal Mining in Kusum Tola, India
In Kusum Tola, India the local indigenous population known as the Adivasi may be forced to migrate from the region as a result of the expansion of open pit coal mining in the region. Other villages have already been forced to … Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Fossil fuels, Mining
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Proposed Nuclear Waste Storage in Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.
Yucca Mountain is the proposed site for the Department of Energy’s repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (EPW majority staff 2006). The facility is located on federally owned land on the western edge of the famous Nevada … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear, Nuclear Energy
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Three Gorges Dam, China
Three Gorges Dam, one of the most impressive energy-related projects undertaken by the Chinese government in the last decades, has caused a great amount of controversy because of its environmental and socio-cultural impacts. Some of the issues caused by this … Continue reading
Posted in Hydroelectricity, Power Plants, Renewables
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Nchanga Copper Mine, Zambia
Zambia is Africa’s largest producer of copper and is the 8th largest copper producer worldwide[1]. The Nchanga Copper Mine, is located in the copperbelt region of Zambia near the town of Chingola. The rural residents of Chingola have experienced a … Continue reading
Posted in Consumption, Energy Consumption, Mining
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Proposed Susitna Dam, AK
U.S. government officials have proposed to build a mega dam on the upper part of the Susitna River. If built electricity generated from this dam will supply electricity to all of the Alaskan Railbelt.
Posted in Hydroelectricity, Power Plants, Renewables
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Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand, India
Standing over 260 metres high on the Bhagirathi river in the state of Uttarakhand, Tehri Dam is one of the tallest dams in the world. It is part of a larger hydroelectric power complex, managed by the Tehri Hydro Development … Continue reading
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Proposed Hyperion Oil Refinery, Elk Point, SD
In November of 2006, a local newspaper in South Dakota made the first report that “an unidentified company [is] interested in locating ‘a large manufacturing facility in Southern Union County’”[1]. Over the next few months, the community learned that said … Continue reading
Posted in Fossil fuels, Oil, Refining
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