Posts by Tracy Perkins
When Big Oil Lives Next Door
We’re watching you! We’re watching you!” chanted activists as their colleagues were carted away by “police” in a role-playing exercise at Our Power Camp in Occidental, organized by the Ruckus Society and others, for more than 50 representatives from US and Canadian communities affected by the energy industry.
Trip for Trash
I arrive at the Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center at 5AM on a gray June morning. Most of you probably don’t know what the world looks like at 5. Dark and cold.
Showdown at Freshwater Creek
Tensions have run high in the 15,000-acre Freshwater Creek watershed east of Eureka since Pacific Lumber was granted its request for a temporary restraining order against forest activists on March 10th.











