Author Bios

Andrés Cala is an award-winning Colombian journalist, columnist and analyst specializing in geopolitics and energy. He is the lead author of America’s Blind Spot: Chávez, Energy, and US Security.

George Gao is a writer for IPS News.

Sam Koplinka-Loehr is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont with a major in Environmental Justice. His research and writing focuses on community empowerment, indigenous solidarity and environmental justice. …

Tom O’Connor is the Executive Director at the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.

Kirby Spangler works with the Castle Mountain Coalition and Alaska Rising Tide.

Arielle Klagsbrunis an organizer with Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment and Rising Tide North America, and is a 2013 Brower Youth Award winner.  

David Osborn is climate organizer with Portland Rising Tide and Rising Tide North America. He is also a faculty member at Portland State University.

Maryam Adrangi is a campaigner with the Council of Canadians and an organizer with Rising Tide Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories.

Andrew Larkin ([email protected]) is Emeritus Professor of Economics, St Cloud State University and writes for PeaceVoice.