Stories by Ellen Cantarow

Ellen Cantarow first wrote from Israel and the West Bank in 1979. ATomDispatch regular, her writing has been published in the Village Voice,Grand Street, Mother Jones, Alternet, Counterpunch, and ZNet, and anthologized by the South End Press. She is also lead author and general editor of an oral history trilogy, Moving the Mountain: Women Working for Social Change. subscribe to Ellen Cantarow's feed

Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania

Posted on: May 2, 2013, Source: Tom Dispatch

Don't expect the government to protect you from this pernicious industry.

Why the War Against Fracking May Be Our Most Crucial Conflict

Posted on: Nov 19, 2012, Source: Tom Dispatch

Ultimately, the fate of the planet may hang in the balance.

The Enviro Disaster You Know Nothing About: The Eco-Devastating Quest for "Frac Sand" in Rural America

Posted on: May 20, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

Midwestern rural communities are being devastated by energy companies searching for a form of sand to use in their destructive fracking operations elsewhere in rural America.

Fracking's "Little Revolution": How a People-Powered Movement Fights Big Business for Clean Water

Posted on: Jan 22, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

Consider this, then, an environmental Occupy Wall Street. It knows no divisions of social class or political affiliation. Everyone, after all, needs clean water.

Big Oil Makes War on the Planet

Posted on: Jul 18, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Our addiction to oil is now blowing back on the civilization that can't do without its gushers and can't quite bring itself to imagine a real transition to alternative energies.

Gaza Is a Concentration Camp

Posted on: Jan 15, 2009, Source: AlterNet

One Israeli official promised a holocaust in Gaza; it is impossible to keep pace with the death toll.