This issue of Earth First! features news concerning the protests held in 60 locations against the World Bank and its associated banks. Reed F. Noss puts focus on biodiversity and Tom Stottard contributes a short story entitled “Zu Zaz’s Close Shave.”
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In this issue of Earth First!, John Patterson and Jean Ravine bring good news from the protests against the Grand Canyon uranium mines, George Wuerthner contributes an essay entitled “An Ecological View of the Indian,” editor Dave Foreman writes an open letter to the bioregional movement concerning criticism of the ecological cause, and Chim Blea discusses spirituality.
The Windscale nuclear facility melted down causing the worst nuclear disaster in the United Kingdom.
María Valeria Berros discusses the recognition of nature’s rights in Ecuador.
Ian Tyrrell recounts the debate between forestry and conservation in a colonial setting that led to the establishment of Luquillo National Forest in Puerto Rico in 1907.
Cindy Ermus argues that the Plague of Provence represents one of the earliest and most pronounced instances of a rigorous, centralized response to disaster.
In this issue Matt Veenker gives an update from the logging blockades in Middle Santiam, Oregon; Mike Roselle is threatened with legal action and several Earth First! activists are under arrest; Mike Bond discusses Civil Disobedience in Montana; Denzel and Nancy Ferguson problematize the issue of public goods; and editor Dave Forman writes about how to be professional within the radical environmental movement.
In this issue of Earth First!, Texas EF!’ers give an update on their fight for protecting pine beetles, pecans, and rivers; Holly Jensen discusses the fight for Icelandic whales; George Wuerthner is exploring the importance of the bioregional approach to designate wilderness areas; and Eric Holle debates the relocation of the Navajo-Hopi.
In this issue Mike Roselle describes how the people of Meares Island, Canada, struggle with a forestry corporation; Leon Czolgosz discusses military land grab; Scott Ploger describes the current situation for grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park; and Howie Wolke reminds the readers about Earth First! position within the enviromental movement.
In 1988 scientists accept evidence that industrialization in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys are to blame for increases in acid rainfall in Mount Mitchell, North Carolina, creating an environment where trees, bushes, and wildlife cannot survive.