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Sierra
Articles in Sept-Oct 1998 issue of Sierra
- Environmental impact - candidates running for Congress who can effect environmental policy - includes related articles on Frank Riggs and Wes Cooley; former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee; Sherwood Beohlert; Congress committee chairs who may be ousted; a
by B.J. Bergman - Dollars and Votes: How business Campaign Contributions Subvert Democracy. - book reviews
by Bob Schildgen - The salt of the Earth: Sierra Club congressional endorsements
- Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism. - book reviews
by Bob Schildgen - The hidden life of bananas - environmental needs and impact of growing bananas - Brief Article
by Tracy Baxter - Who is your favorite nature writer? - four environmentalists remark on their favorite nature writers - Brief Article - Column
by Gary Paul Nabhan - Ghost riders - Congress often sneaks in anti-environmental legislation in an otherwise unrelated law
by Carl Pope - Texas on my mind - a rafting trip down the Rio Grande reveals a polluted river - includes information on Sierra Club's activities
by Rebecca Solnit - It's a man's world - female contraception often not covered by insurance companies - Brief Article
by Paul Rauber - Audubon: Life and Art. - book reviews
by Rebecca Shotwell - Drill rigs in paradise - oil-and-gas industry trying to drill on land not yet leased in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - Brief Article
by C.L. Rawlins - Maybe One. - book reviews
by Stephen J. Lyons - Pining for Caledonia - Scottish Highlands have been deforested and nobody remembers the forest, the so-called Great Wood of Caledonia - Brief Article
by Guy Hand - Let the River Run. - video recording reviews
by Liza Gross - Greener cleaners - dry cleaning uses perc, a hazardous substance - Brief Article
by Kim Erickson - Glen Canyon. - video recording reviews
by Liza Gross - In bear territory - viewing bears at Brooks Camp, Alaska - includes travel information - Brief Article
by Bill Sherwonit - The Biotech Century. - book reviews
by David Helvarg - Two-wheeled revolution - bicycle activists fight for bike friendly urban environments - includes related article on bicycle riding tips in a city - Cover Story
by Vince Bielski - Tracking the Charlatans: An Environmental Columnist's Refutational Handbook for the Propaganda Wars. - book reviews
by Bob Schildgen