Ellen Cantarow

Ellen Cantarow, musician and writer, reported from the West Bank
and Israel during the 1980s for the Village Voice, Mother Jones,
Grand Street and other publications. She has visited and about the region periodically since 2000.

Articles

Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania (Economy, Environment, Politics)

Farming communities are being turned into huge, open-air laboratories by energy companies—with ordinary people serving as guinea pigs.

Ellen Cantarow

The Fight Against Fracking (Environmental Issues, Activism, States)

In small hamlets and tiny towns you’ve never heard of, grassroots activists are taking a stand in what could be the final showdown for Earth’s future.

Ellen Cantarow

How Rural America Got Fracked (Environment)

The environmental nightmare you know nothing about.

Ellen Cantarow

Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement (Corporations, Environmental Activism, Environment)

Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.

Ellen Cantarow

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Tar Sands Make Their Mark (Environment, Society)

Energy is ugly. Some forms more so than others, as nuclear near-meltdowns in Japan, the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and deaths in a West Virginia coal mine explosion have driven home in the last year.

Ellen Cantarow

Big Oil Makes War on the Earth (Climate Change, Environment)

The Gulf Coast joins an oil-soiled planet.

Ellen Cantarow

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Opposing Occupation (Regions and Countries)

"I am Jewish. I am Israeli. I am a citizen of this state, and I am very upset."

Ellen Cantarow