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Deep in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia, the town of Whitesville clings to life along State Route 3. Its three-block downtown is marked by empty lots, boarded-up windows, [...]

Politics trumps public opinion in forest battle--for now The Clinton administration elicited an outpouring of public support when it proposed a ban on roadbuilding, logging, and other destructive activities on [...]

A stack of outfits hides behind Melinda Pierce's office door, including a conservative suit for attending fundraisers and a blouse, slacks, and Doc Martens shoes for spur-of-the-moment lobbying. Within five [...]

Last September the Sierra Club's highest honor, its John Muir Award, went to Carla Cloer, a Porterville, California, teacher who after two decades of work finally gained protection for the [...]

In 65 chapters and hundreds of local groups spanning 21 ecoregions and two nations, Sierra Club members are hard at work protecting our natural heritage. Southern Appalachia TAKE A TOUR [...]

Jeffrey van Ee, a longtime activist with the Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter, can finally speak his mind about urban-growth issues around Las Vegas. After a protracted legal battle, a February [...]

American Southeast Florida activists celebrated in June when the state quashed plans to build a cement plant near the scenic Ichetucknee River (see 'Cement Nix-ers' in 'Homefront,' November/ December 1999). [...]

Pacific Coast ONE HIGHWAY'S TOLL On monthly nature walks through the rolling hills of Orange County, California, Karl Warkomski teaches visitors how to identify native plants. He also recruits them [...]

Rhonda Anderson ends every phone call and e-mail with a single word: 'Peace.' It's something that's in short supply in her home of Detroit, where 26 percent of inner-city residents [...]

It seemed like a typical all-American road trip: Over 700 miles and five days in February, Sierra Club organizers Darden Rice and Joe Murphy sampled local cuisine (oyster stew, heart [...]

Environmentalists have long warned of the ecological risks posed by Bt corn, which is genetically engineered to resist European and southwestern corn borers. Now farmers have yet another reason not [...]

In 65 chapters and hundreds of local groups spanning 21 ecoregions and two nations, Sierra Club members are hard at work protecting our natural heritage. Sierra Nevada YOSEMITE GETS A [...]