Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy (RACE)
Glen Martin, "Taking the Heat: Bay Area Ecosystems in the Age of Climate Change" Bay Nature
Must liquefied natural gas be imported to meet California's, or this nation's, energy demand? Rory Cox of Pacific Environment talks about the threats LNG poses to the environment and to communities. And Lester Rowntree describes the impact climate change is having, and could have in the future, on Bay Area ecosystems.
Shultz & Draper, eds., Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization U.C. Press, 2009
George Packer, "Betrayed: The Iraqis Who Trusted America the Most" The New Yorker
Mass protests over the handling of Bolivia's oil and natural gas resources have toppled two presidents since 2003. Gretchen Gordon recounts the role played by social movements in efforts to nationalize that nation's energy industry. And in his play Betrayed, George Packer investigates the plight of Iraqis who took jobs with the US occupiers.
