Anna Simonton

Anna Simonton is a writer for AlterNet.

Amid Katrina Commemoration Spectacle, a Southern Freedom Movement Takes Shape

As dignitaries descended on New Orleans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Katrina, activists in New Orleans were also getting organized.

By: Anna Simonton ,; Truthout

September 1, 2015

News Analysis

Utah Land Defenders Stand Up to Dirty Politics

The land defenders say that with enough pushback, investors may get nervous.

By: Anna Simonton ,; OilChangeInternational

December 21, 2014

News Analysis

Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making

Oil and gas executives are flocking to the Uinta Basin in Eastern Utah.

By: Anna Simonton ,; OilChangeInternational

December 20, 2014

News Analysis

Paying the Price of Tar Sands Expansion

A little-known tax break allows companies to write-off half of the cost of new equipment for refining tar sands and shale oil.

By: Anna Simonton ,; OilChangeInternational

October 19, 2014

News Analysis

Cashing In On Carbon: How Taxpayer Dollars Greenwash Dirty Energy

A supposedly green proposed Texas plant will just burn coal and then sell its emissions to allow for the extraction of hard to reach oil, which in turn will …

By: Anna Simonton ,; OilChangeInternational

September 7, 2014

News

How Eviction Resisters Are Using Stand-Your-Ground Laws To Challenge Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae evicted Mark Harris from his Atlanta home; now he and Occupy Our Homes Atlanta will argue that the eviction was unlawful.

By: Anna Simonton ,; Truthout

February 5, 2014

News

Meet the Texas Farmer Challenging the Keystone Pipeline From the Courtroom to the Plains

Julia Trigg-Crawford claims that the state of Texas has no process to determine whether projects that seize landowners' property are really in the public benefit.