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
Category Archives: Fossil fuels
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
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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
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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
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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
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Alberta Oil Sands Mining, Canada
The Alberta oil sands span approximately 142,200 square kilometers in the Canadian province of Alberta, “an area comparable to the state of Florida”[1]. Oil sands are unconventional reserves as they are solid at room temperature and require heating in order to … Continue reading
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Coal Mountaintop Removal Mining in McDowell County, WV
West Virginia is the country’s second largest producer of coal[1]. The relationship between energy and energy production is one that individuals seldom think about. The process and production is rarely understood by those who don’t go out looking for the information. … Continue reading
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Natural Gas Drilling in Guernsey County, OH
Eric Mize, energy preparedness and public awareness manager said it best at the Guernsey Energy Coalition meeting in October in the town of Cambridge, Ohio: “Ohio is the new Texas”[1]. Natural gas extraction has more than doubled in this area … Continue reading
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Fisk and Crawford Coal Plant, IL
Polluting the Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago for decades, Fisk and Crawford Generating Stations were closed in 2012 after a successful campaign waged a host of players including local grassroots leadership, local politicians, and national environmental and civil … Continue reading
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Jharia Coal Field, India
by Dan Martucci, Colgate University, 2016 India has taken its place in the global economy as a top coal producer and consumer, with two-thirds of their electricity coming from coal[1]. The Jharia Coal Field is a major player in India’s … Continue reading
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Coal River Mountaintop Removal, WV
For more than a century the livelihood of Coal River Valley (CRV) has derived from extraction of natural resources; past: timber, present: coal[3]. Similar to other communities in West Virginia, Virginia, and Kentucky, CRV began extracting coal through traditional belowground pit … Continue reading
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