Following catastrophic flooding of the Red River in 1950 in Winnipeg, citizens demanded a more permanent solution to flooding control in the city. The result was the Red River Floodway, a feat of engineering affectionately referred to as “Duff’s Ditch”.
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This article is a critique of the “open door” development policy promoted by the Liberian government after World War II, and shows the environmental and social impact of state reliance on foreign direct investment.
This issue of Earth First! features the demonstration against the Canyonlands Nuke Dump (for nuclear waste) by a group of EF!ers. Steve Smith and Barbara Steele discuss the demonstration for wilderness in Montana, R. F. Mueller and Mona Saxena describe how Swedish technocrats are a threat to a salmon river, and the effects of acid rain are problematized.
In this issue of Earth First! an essay by Bob Spertus on the “Dark Side of Wilderness” is featured; Michael Hamilton discusses professionalism, compromise, and co-option in the environmental movement; and news items from Alaska to Africa, from Florida to British Columbia, about forests, deserts, and beaches are presented.
In this issue of Earth First! Dave Foreman attempts to clarify and outline the discussions regarding monkeywrenching. Plant ecologist Gary Paul calls attention to the endangered plants of the arid lands, Lynn Jacobs discusses “gentle” wilderness, and David Seals reports from Big Mountain, Arizona.
This issue of Earth First! is filled with essays about various themes such as sustainable agriculture, nuclear disarmament, and deep ecology.
In this issue of Earth First! three essays connecting environmental concerns with political theory are featured. George Wuerthner discusses range abuse and its ecological effects, Mike Roselle gives an update on Greenpeace’s campaign against nuclear testing in Nevada, and Christoph Manes defends anarchy as a means to a healthy planet.
In this issue of Earth First! news from the campaigns of various EF!ers throughout the US are featured. Natural diversity and the future of monkeywrenching are also discussed.
In this issue of Earth First! George Wuerthner and Reed Noss present designs for an ecosystem preserve in Montana and a vast forest wilderness in Ohio. Tom Stoddard contributes an essay on sacred cows in Ethiopia, Andrew Bard Schmookler questions whether anarchy should be a goal within the environmental movement, and Kevin Proescholdt discusses acid rain.
In this issue the efforts to protect the Northwest in Alaska and British Columbia are featured, Tom Stoddard, George Wuerthner, and Stephanie Mills contribute provocative essays, and Christoph Manes problematizes the question of technology.