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Reduce, reuse, recycle, rot
Given the pressures of our consumer culture, it’s important to take stock of our buying habits. Decisions about if and...
Forest Herbicide Plan Threatens Basketweavers
The Klamath National Forest (KNF) plans to reintroduce herbicides on thousand of acres of public land, despite fears of renewed...
Terratorial
This issue of Terrain goes to print on the eve of what will likely be the largest show of anti-war...
Biowarfare in the Andes
Hostile intentions toward the people of another country. Deployment of chemical weapons and biological agents. Pursuit of a scorched earth...
Fasting for Old Growth
In 1998, then-Lt. Governor Gray Davis made a promise to the Conservation League Foundation: If he were elected governor, Davis...
The Road Not Taken
The most heated controversies over genetic engineering in this country have centered on millions of acres of genetically altered corn...
Unions, Environmentalists Unite Against Wal-Mart
Anti-sprawl groups and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union have teamed up to fight Wal-Mart’s plans to build...
Chevron Gets the OK to Pollute Bay
Instead of keeping ChevronTexaco’s Richmond refinery from polluting San Francisco Bay with dioxin, mercury, nickel, and selenium at excessive levels,...
Dental Mercury
California dentists have agreed to adhere to state Proposition 65 and warn patients that mercury can “cause birth defects or...
S. F. Bus Standoff
A standoff between the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) and the city Board of Supervisors may result in Muni’s adoption...
Forest Plan on the Block
The Bush Administration is attempting to remove key protections for forests and waterways in the 24 million acres covered by...
No Water Bags for the Gualala
World Water SA president Ric Davidge has withdrawn his company’s application to haul water from the Gualala and Albion rivers...
