Erica Etelson

Erica Etelson is a former human and civil rights attorney and the author of the book “Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide.”

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Is it Time to Put the Baby Trump Blimp to bed?

Diné (Navajo) land and water protector and poet Lyla June Johnston suggests that the struggle of resistance against Trump and fossil fuels shouldn’t be one of hate-driven revenge against but, rather, a movement for life in all its sacred beauty. It’s not about winning, Johnston said in an interview with the podcast “For the Wild,” it’s about sustaining, diversifying, protecting and, above all, loving life.

December 13, 2019

Seize the moment – the man on the moon mission starts now

In recent years, peak oil realists have done a tremendous job sounding the alarm about the need for a concerted national effort to leave oil before it leaves us. Now, our mission must turn urgently from the educational to the political. With the changing of the guard in Washington, D.C. and the sting of $4/gallon gas still a recent memory, we have a unique opportunity to present the federal government with a do-or-die call to action.

January 26, 2009

Society

California must wake up to looming fuel crisis

Most Californians are prepared for the next big earthquake, but what about the other “big one”–peak oil? This article examines post-oil food security in the Golden State. (A shorter version of this article appeared in the SF Chronicle).

July 22, 2008

After oil supplies dry up, what’s Plan B?

If you think the government’s response to Katrina was inept, brace yourself for peak oil.

August 26, 2007

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