Sierra back issues from September 1999:
LETTERS.
Sep 01, 1999 ... STATIC The title "Current Risks: Experts finally link electromagnetic fields and cancer" ("Body Politics," May/June) makes a claim that is not supported by the text of the article. It states that "a panel convened by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ...
Solving the Population Problem.(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... The key is to improve the lives of women Six billion and counting: that's the world population on the eve of the millennium, a number far beyond what the planet can sustain. Homo sapiens now consumes 55 percent of the available fresh water and 45 percent of the total energy ...
Y6B: The Real Millennial Threat.(effects of overpopulation)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Think the population explosion is over? Think again. On or about October 12, 1999, human population is expected to reach 6 billion. While it took until about 1800 to reach the first billion, the trip from 5 billion to 6 will have required a mere 12 years. Those born in 1930 will ...
Loophole Parks.(Ontario premier's unusual policy to create national parks)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... When Premier Mike Harris proposed in March that Ontario create 378 new parks, the announcement seemed to end a fractious two-year debate over the fate of 177,000 square miles of public land in his sprawling province. The expansive plan will increase protected lands by a third, to 12 ...
A PRISTINE PIG?(genetically engineered pig produces cleaner manure)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Gene-splicers at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, have produced what they're calling the "Enviropig," a porker whose manure is less harmful to rivers and lakes. This brave new swine is better at digesting phosphorus in its feed, reducing the amount coming out the far end. "The ...
Charter Challenge.(efforts to rescind corporate charter of Unocal)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999 ... When people commit multiple crimes, they end up in prison. When corporations--persons under the law, after all--do the same, they post huge profits. Now a coalition of environmental, human rights, and women's groups are petitioning California to revoke the corporate charter of ...
Hearts, Minds, and Headwaters.(tour of Headwaters Forest, California)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... California's new redwood preserve is more than big trees Chuck Powell and Joan Dunning have explored Headwaters Forest for years, but that was before the ground shifted. "Surreal," mutters Powell as we pass through the bare-bones visitor station at the north gate. Here, not so ...
2000 International Trips.
Sep 01, 1999 ... ADVENTURE ABROAD WITH THE SIERRA CLUB, exploring the most glorious natural areas in the world with an appreciation for the global environment. For more information, call 415-977-5522, e-mail national.outings@sierraclub.org, or visit our Web site: www.sierraclub.org/outings. ...
Domestic Winter Trips 1999-2000.(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999 ... Base Camp Fun In the Sun, Anza-Borrego Park, Colifornia. Jan. 15-22. Come and explore an infinite variety of hiking trails in this unique desert park by day and enjoy gourmet cuisine and stargazing by night. Leaders: Angela White & Les Atkins. Price: $485; Dep: $50. [00410A] ...
Cancer, Inc.(National Breast Cancer)(Awareness Month)
Sep 01, 1999; ... THEY MAKE THE CHEMICALS, THEY RUN THE TREATMENT CENTERS, AND THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR "THE CURE"--NO WONDER THEY WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT BREAST CANCER PREVENTION EVERY OCTOBER, THE SPONSORS OF NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH GO INTOoverdrive to spread their message, "Early ...
Clearcut.(legacy of breast cancer in)(family)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... A BRUSH WITH MORTALITY. A DREAM OF MORE TIME, HERE, NOW, ON EARTH. THE REPORT FROM THE PATHOLOGIST READS "benign." I do not have breast cancer. I am relieved to be healthy, but a melancholy hangs over me. This story tires me, breaks me down, erodes my spine. It is the sick ...
HOME FRONT.(saving Canada's Great Bear)(Rainforest; observing how)(animals travel between)(habitats)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Pacific Coast RAINFOREST ON WHEELS Elizabeth Hagan didn't even know there was a rainforest in British Columbia before she visited the area last summer. "When I thought of Canada, I thought of igloos!" says Hagan, a sophomore at Harvard University who now coordinates ...
SIERRA CLUB FINANCIAL REPORT.
Sep 01, 1999 ... Pursuant to provisions of sections 6321 and 6322 of the California Corporations Code, the following information is furnished as an annual report: The Club's complete financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1998, and December 31, 1997, together with the ...
Cool Innovations for Cold Weather.
Sep 01, 1999 ... Special Advertising Section 1999 WINTER SPORTS GEAR & APPAREL GUIDE As the song says, "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." With snowshoeing red-hot and other outdoor activities leapfrogging from three-season to four-season, the outdoor industry has been happily ...
Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy.(Brief Article)(Review)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard; Seal Press, $25 "To the summit and safe return ... to the summit and safe return" is Lene Gammelgaard's mantra throughout her vivid account of the disastrous climbing season of 1996, when the ...
OUR PLANET, OUR SELVES.(Web sites for environmental)(and health issues)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Connections between environmental and human health are being made every day. To follow this fast-moving field, and to learn what you can do to keep yourself and your home planet in the pink, check out these Internet resources: * The Web page of the Environmental Research ...
Women Pioneers for the Environment.(Review)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Women Pioneers for the Environment by Mary Joy Breton; Northeastern University Press, $26.95 "A chopped head is cheaper than a felled tree!" cried Amrita Devi as the axe came down. After she had crumpled to the ground, her three daughters each in turn took her place defending ...
The World of the Hummingbird.(Review)
Sep 01, 1999 ... The World of the Hummingbird Harry Thurston Sierra Club Books, $29.95 Probing the sweet lupine for nectar, this broad-billed ...
WHAT NEW INVENTION HAS DONE THE MOST GOOD?(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 1999 ... The fiber-optic cable has brought little but good to the world so far. Ultra-thin strands of glass, created out of highly refined sand, now connect distant lands and people. More strands wrapping the globe will cost the environment very little, yet they will liberate the human spirit and ...