A new series of commentaries (blogs and photo-essays) addresses the political ecology of extractive industries as they intersect with indigenous communities.
Mining, power and the limits of public consultation in Bolivia’s mining sector by Tom Perreault
Blog entry and photostory: “From Enron to Evo: Pipeline Politics, Global Environmentalism, and Indigenous Rights in Bolivia” by Derrick Hindery
Transparency and its Other – Studying the Oil Industry by Anna Zalik
Struggles to keep fossil fuels in the ground in Ecuador: Mitigating the Global Challenges to the Good Life by Pamela Martin
Photostory: Fracking exploration and grassroots resistance in Canada by Tarsh Turner and Adrian Nel