Author: Steve Horn

On Friday, SUNY Buffalo’s President’s Office released a lengthy and long-awaited 162-page report upon request of the SUNY System Board of Trustees that delved into the substantive facts surrounding the creation of its increasingly controversial Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI). The report was published in response to concern among journalists, advocacy groups, “fracktivists,”

A storm is brewing in Buffalo and it’s not the record snow storm typically associated with upstate New York. Rather, it’s taking place in the ivory tower of academia and revolves around hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” for unconventional gas in the Marcellus Shale basin.  Public funding has been cut to the tune of over $1.4 billion over the

Roughly a year ago today in Houston, the shale gas industry was caught red-handed discussing its use of military tactics and personnel on U.S. soil to intimidate and divide communities in order to continue its fracking bonanza.  In a gathering thought to be exclusively among friends, one industry public relations professional

Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project published a scathing 124-page report this week, “Breaking All the Rules: the Crisis in Oil & Gas Regulatory Enforcement.” The content of the report is exactly as it sounds. That is, state-level regulatory agencies and officials often aren’t doing the jobs taxpayers currently pay them

Global grassroots activism is heating up alongside a scarily ever-warming climate. Since the beginning of 2012, we’ve seen the Arab Spring, the Wisconsin Uprising, the Tar Sands Action, and the ongoing Keystone XL Blockade. In the climate justice movement, some have referred to the recently passed summer as the Climate

There’s an old German proverb that goes, “Whose bread I eat his song I sing.” Enter a recent spate of reportage by the Public Broadcasting System’s (PBS) “Newshour.” In a September 17 story titled, “Climate Change Skeptic Says Global Warming Crowd Oversells Its Message” (with a URL titled, “Why the Global Warming

Inspired by her father Sam’s experience striking with the United Mine Workers and the National Miners’ Union in 1931, Florence Reece asked her other workers – by way of singing – “Which Side Are You On?” The more things change, it appears, the more they stay the same.  On Monday,