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IN THE EARLY 1980s YOU DIDN'T need to be a member of EarthFirst! to know that Ronald Reagan was bad for the environment. You didn't even have to be especially [...]

Handguns continue to change peoples' lives for good and bad as states and the federal government consider ways to limit their worst effects. Women whose children have been shot, those who have defended themselves, the Brady Bill and the NRA are discussed.

The rural communities which dot the US landscape are being threatened by sudden infusions of prosperity. What usually happens is that discontented urban people move to the small towns and remake these communities into the very same detestable environment they had left.

The article focuses on the Energiewende or Energy Revolution, a nationwide technological and political movement, at the village of Schönau in Schwarzwald, Germany which is aimed at abandoning nuclear power and reducing fossil fuels as the country's energy source. Topics include the Ursula Sladek of the village who is among involved in the movement, the electricity produced by wind turbines, and the challenge faced by the movement due to greenhouse gases and nuclear power.

PRICELESS On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing BY FRANK ACKERMAN AND LISA HEINZERLING The New Press, 270 pp., $25.95 A doctor, an architect, and an [...]

More than two-thirds of the 729 approved pesticides have not been tested for health hazards despite regulations that required such testing passed in 1972. People exposed to pesticides either from ingestion on foods or by nearby use have shown greater health problems.

A bioengineered tomato called the Flvr Savr will be tested in the market in the middle of 1993. This tomato is said to taste better because it is picked from the plant at the right time unlike ordinary tomatoes which are being picked unripe to allow shipment time and prevent spoilage.

Byline: Osha Gray Davidson 'Are you ready to see the future?' Vinny Allocca calls out gleefully, his voice rising from the sun-dappled surface of the Hawaiian sea. Allocca has timed [...]

IF YOU'RE LIKE MILLIONS of Americans, summertime means heading to the beach with sunscreen and, of course, beach reading in tow. Along with the latest Grisham novel, you may want [...]

Discusses the National Rifle Association's (NRA) aggressive public relations offensive against the political lobby organized by U.S. police groups outraged by the association's opposition to a ban ammunition that could penetrate police, soft-body armor. Move of NRA to bash mainstream law enforcement groups and embrace a number of phony police associations; Relationship of NRA with Gerald Arenberg, a Miamian who runs a number of police-oriented organizations; Arenberg's history of questionable business practices; Association's frequent citing of the positions of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America which supports "victims rights" and "pro-police" legislation.

Osha Gray Davidson is a writer living in Iowa City, Iowa. His book, The Rise of the Rural Ghetto, will be published by the Free Press next year. It is [...]

The article examines concerns over how climate change and American politics are affecting the frequency of wildfires in the American southwest following a wildfire that killed 19 firefighters in Arizona in 2013. Topics include the costs of fighting wildfires in the U.S. as climate change and energy policy create more opportunities for wildfires to start, the need for stronger fire management services, and the thoughts of Republicans on the spread of wildfires.

The article reports on the attempt of U.S. Senator John McCain as of February 2016 to swap an area of the Tonto National Forest to the Resolution Copper mining company in exchange for conservation lands. Topics include the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act which McCain filed in 2012 to push for the mining project, and the frustration of the project's critics who highlights the mine's threat to sacred Indian land and its role as a precedent to grab public lands in the West.

This article reports that its been months since the now-infamous photographs from Abu Ghraib revealed that American soldiers tortured Iraqi prisoners — yet the U.S. government has failed to get to the bottom of the abuses. The new classified military documents offer a chilling picture of what happened at Abu Ghraib — including detailed reports that U.S. troops and translators sodomized and raped Iraqi prisoners. The secret files include nearly 6,000 pages of internal Army memos and e-mails, reports on prison riots and escapes and sworn statements by soldiers, officers, private contractors and detainees.

Criticizes the environmental policy of U.S. President George W. Bush. His appointees for environmental administration; Public scrutiny on the energy task force led by Vice President Dick Cheney; Discussion on the New Source Review provision of the air pollution standards in 1977.

Focuses on pesticides as health hazards. Extent of exposure; Consumers' demand for the good life as a major problem; Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) reevaluation of lawn chemicals; Pesticides in imported foods; Pesticide standards based on children's safety; Government's proposed identification and removal of riskier products from market. INSETS: How to reduce your exposure to pesticides.;Breast cancer: What's making us sick?.;WD talks to EPA head Carol Browner..

Attempts to define the concept of community. Americans' constant longing for community; Bond provided by a common vision; Fracturing of the culture into subgroups; Discussion on books about the community; `The Graywolf Annual Ten: Changing Community'; `Creating Community Anywhere,' by Carolyn R. Schafer and Kristin Anundsen; `Rebuilding Communities'.

The article discusses the solar industry in Arizona. Topics discussed include the preferences of Arizonans on solar power for energy production, the relationship between the Arizona Corporation Commission and monopoly utilities in the state, and the monthly fee for solar customers imposed by Arizona Public Service (APS).

The article presents an evaluation of the U.S. government's policy regarding ocean policy and management. A comparison the similar policies of several states, such as New Jersey and California, is discussed. Topics include marine-conservation laws, ocean research, management of fisheries, and connecting climate change to oceans.