News — activism
Activists Awarded Goldman Prizes for protecting the Environment
Native Australian woman practices her culture's habits of "Living on Country" and fighting to preserve land from coal mines
Native Australian woman speaks of keeping her spirit up by being "on country" and fighting coal mines. she won the Goldman prize.
Stories about Daniel Ellsberg by fellow activists
https://youtu.be/yZCFDclgDJM. from an August 2023 memorial
Earthworks Infrared Photographer Documents Toxic Gas Releases by Oil Fracking
Link "Methane, among the most potent greenhouse gasses — along with VOCs like toluene, butane, hexane, and benzene, a known carcinogen linked to a host of serious health complications — show up as a dance of color to the infrared camera."
"short-term health impacts like nose bleeds and nausea were real. "
"McKenzie laid out a series of complications potentially linked to fracking exposure: “In areas with dense oil and gas development, we’ve been seeing low birth weights, more preterm births, more children with congenital heart defects and increased incidence of childhood cancers such as acute lymphocytic leukemia.” Children growing up close to high-density fracking were four times as likely to develop blood cancer. "