Author Bios

Margaret Santjer is a writer, editor and communications professional in the Seattle area. She has worked for NBCNews.com and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Brad Wong, news editor for Equal Voice …

Margot Ford McMillen farms near Fulton, Mo. Email: [email protected].

Dr. Damien Short is reader in human rights, and director of the Human Rights Consortium and Extreme Energy Initiative at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Anna Grear is reader in law, and director of the GNHRE, Cardiff Law School, United Kingdom, and professor of law, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Dr. Tom Kerns is director of environment and human rights advisory, and professor emeritus of philosophy, Seattle Community College.

Dr. Simona L. Perry is an independent scholar, founding research partner of c.a.s.e. Consulting Services and vice president of Pipeline Safety Coalition.

Caoimhe Butterly is an Irish organiser, migrant justice activist and post-graduate student. She has spent fourteen years working with social movements and community development projects in Latin America, the Arab world and elsewhere.

Lucy EJ Woods is a freelance journalist recently returned from Russia, who specializes in domestic and foreign environmental and energy reporting. She is currently reporting from Southeast Asia.

Julie M. Johnson is a freelance writer with a degree in English writing. She lives and works in the bluff lands along Minnesota's Mississippi River corridor - yet cherishes …

Samira Jubis is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs