The Amicus Journal articles from January 1999

The Amicus Journal archives from January 1999

Oilgate in the Arctic.(planned drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska)
January 1, 1999... Once again, the oil industry has shown that it holds the environmental interests of this nation in contempt. The industry wants to start drilling in the largest wilderness we have left in Alaska - in fact, the largest wilderness in the...

Coming out on solid ground after the Ice Age.(poem)
January 1, 1999... Now we hear the tamarack fall while gusts whip frozen dust up in the break. In front of us, where icy water trickles from the glacier, our gaze spreads coldly over all the rubble and tries to colonize the barrens of our state. Our state?...

Skimming the ice.(poem)
January 1, 1999... We talk of a friend who is reading everything he can find on the coming millennium as we walk to the stream where we get our water. No trace of the hole we chopped two days ago, so we take out our axe and make another one, blue-green ice...

Wilderness.(poem)
January 1, 1999... This place has no nakedness, filling itself with the seasons. The rocks arrange themselves for leisure. The trees work at their own pace. The ponds collect a depth. We say the day is raw and cold. The day dismisses us, retreating into...

The can't-do Congress.(Editorial)
January 1, 1999... Lost in the scandal and chaos of this painful political year, buried under all the coverage of the Starr investigation and the impeachment inquiry, was the real business of the nation. It barely showed up on the five o'clock news. You could...

To have dominion in the earth.(environmental policy of Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians)
January 1, 1999... The Green Patriarch, head of the Orthodox Church, preaches the doctrine of environmentalism St. George's - or, as it is formally known, the Venerable Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George the Great Martyr at the Phanar - is perched above...

Land of the spirit bear.(British Columbia's midcoast)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1999... Journey into the Last Wild Valleys of British Columbia's Midcoast At the foot of the waterfall are fresh tracks of black bear and gray wolf, though gray wolves in this part of central coastal British Columbia are sometimes black and...

David and Goliath, Canadian-style.(dispute between environmental groups and timber companies over rainforests in British Columbia)
January 1, 1999... Environmentalists and Timber Companies Battle for the Big Trees Mournful cello music accompanies the opening shots, a prelude in a minor key to the stark scenes that follow. British Columbian filmmaker Peter McAllister's 1996 documentary,...

The superstress of Superfund.(ill effects of soil pollution on residents in Manville, New Jersey)
January 1, 1999... It's not just the soil that is poisoned at a Superfund site. When you discover you live on polluted land, sometimes the most toxic place to live in is your own head. Thank you for listening," says Manville, New Jersey, resident Patricia...

Bigger, badder - but not better.(part 1)(emergence of new breed of economists that challenge standard economics)
January 1, 1999... A New Breed of Economists Exposes the Myth of Unlimited Growth Standard economics - the economics of unlimited growth - has become a secular religion. More influential than any political leader, more powerful than any nation, it shapes...

Back to the land.(arguments for agrarianism and local economy)
January 1, 1999... The Radical Case for Local Economy One of the primary results - and one of the primary needs - of industrialism is the separation of people and places and products from their histories. To the extent that we participate in the industrial...

Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth.(Review)
January 1, 1999... by Todd Wilkinson Johnson Books ISBN 1-55566-211-0 364 pp., $28 hardcover/$18 paper BY GEORGE WODDWELL Todd Wilkinson writes of contemporary heroes: some of the most talented and dedicated public servants in the federal agencies. Too...

The indoor cat.(poem)
January 1, 1999... Hunts - through clear glass windows - blue jays, chipmunks, mice. Heaves up beneath curved palms fur so softly sleek the caressing hand delights. Plays endlessly, preens endlessly - on paws as pure as milk eats from the kitchen counter...

Look to the mountain.(poem)
January 1, 1999... The following is a song. Here, sing it. You will know what I mean. Always, it shall be this way. Always, it shall be this way. Always, it shall be this way. Always, it shall be this way. Tee-dyameeh. Buu-nameeh. Koo-wahmeeh....