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"There is a question of historical responsibility towards injustice, genocide, and fascism," said Stephen Kapos. "If you are indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt." By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams A Holocaust survivor opposed to Israel's war on Gaza on Wednesday told U.S. student protesters they're on the right side…
NationofChange Residents face the threat of disasters, construction noise, and loss of control over their land. More than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines run throughout the United States. In Appalachia, they spread like spaghetti across the region. Many of these lines were built in just the past five years to carry natural gas from the Marcellus Shale region of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, where hydraulic fracturing has boomed. West Virginia alone has seen a fourfold increase in natural gas production in the past decade. Such fast growth has also brought h...
The Daily Yonder Living With Natural Gas Pipelines: Appalachian Landowners Describe Fear, Anxiety, and Loss The natural gas boom in Appalachia came with a host of environmental and safety issues, hurting people who were in the communities it promised to lift economically the most. Share this: Downed trees mark the route of the proposed Mountain Valley pipeline in Lindside, West Virginia. A coalition of Virginia and West Virginia landowners opposed to what they call an unconstitutional land grab. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) This story was originally published in The Conversation. More th...