Sierra magazine’s complete coverage of the Bush administration’s environmental policies.

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Last Words (September/October 2004)
Next stop, Crawford.

Who's Got the Power? (September/October 2004)
Environmental voters could boot Bush.

Collateral Damage (September/October 2004)
Bush's environmental victims tell their stories.

Dubya's Dictionary (September/October 2004)
When the president says "green-green-lima-bean," he means you.

"Wise Use" in the White House (September/October 2004)
How anti-environmental radicals got their big break.

Bush's Seven Deadly Sins (September/October 2004)
The worst of the worst.

USA Tomorrow (September/October 2004)
What if we lose?

Ways & Means (September/October 2004)
Four long years

W Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (September/October 2004)
Harken's Revenge

The Green Old Party (July/August 2004)
Can Republicans reclaim conservation?

Ways & Means (July/August 2004)
State's Rights

W Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (July/August 2004)
Poisonous Profits

Lay of the Land
Stealth cuts to parks

The Cost of Doing Business (May/June 2004)
For a U.S.-based mining company, it included payments to terrorists.

Strategic Ignorance (May/June 2004)
Ideology and politics trump science in the Bush administration.

Lay of the Land (May/June 2004)
W. Watch

Last Words (May/June 2004)
Inherit the air

Our Great Estate (March/April 2004)
Millions of acres of wildlands are the legacy of every American, but the Bush Administration is putting them at risk.

The Assault on Wild America (March/April 2004)
Mapping the Bush administration's damage.

The Harrison Ford Solution (March/April 2004)
Safety takes a backseat in Bush's push for nuclear power

WWatch: Keeping tabs on the Bush administration (March/April 2004)

A Neighborhood Named Desire (January/February 2004)

Old Europe's New Ideas (January/February 2004)

Ways and Means (January/February 2004)

Lay of the Land, "Out Front in the Air Wars" (January/February 2004)

W. Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (January/February 2004)

W. Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (November/December 2003)
Letting polluters off the hook, Mike Leavitt’s soul mate, Maine’s feisty move, and more.

A United Nation (November/December 2003)
Strong consensus for wild woods.

Turning Up the Rhetoric (November/December 2003)
Spencer Abraham’s conservation tour.

Big Pigs at the Trough (November/December 2003)
The worst agriculture policy money can buy.

Pink Slips in the Parks (September/October 2003)
The Bush administration privatizes our public treasures.

W. Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (September/October 2003)
Cheney’s top-secret task force, the benefits of budget cutting, and more.

The Melting Point (July/August 2003)
Vanishing glaciers, impermanent permafrost, collapsing ice shelves, rising sea levels. Are the latest facts about global warming enough to get the Bush administration’s attention?

Endangered Danger List (July/August 2003)
Why are conservatives suspicious of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites?

W. Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (July/August 2003)
Why weekends are bad for the environment, military exemptions, Tony Blair’s radical climate plan, and more.

Highway Robbery (July/August 2003)
Make-believe roads threaten real wilderness.

Pinstripes Against Pollution (July/August 2003)
State attorneys general take the Bush administration to court.

Is This All We Can Be? (July/August 2003)
The Pentagon’s about-face on environmental progress.

W. Watch: Keeping Tabs on the Bush Administration (May/June 2003)
No friend of Flipper, Pombo’s public-lands agenda, Bush’s nickname for enviros, New York’s renewable leadership, and more.

Hear-No-Evil Department (May/June 2003)
New government policy: Don’t ask, don’t listen.

Every Which Way But Strict (May/June 2003)
The Bush administration’s quiet assault on environmental regulations.

Why Stop Now? (May/June 2003)
A clean environment is every citizen’s right.

Lobbyist-in-Chief (March/April 2003)
When it comes to clean cars, the Bush administration is in the slow lane.

Forward Into the Past (March/April 2003)
Bush pushes for the return of secret government.

Fuzzy Biology (January/February 2003)
The Bush administration’s version of “sound science.”

Global Warming? All Gone! (January/February 2003)
The Bush administration has found another way to make greenhouse-gas emissions disappear.

Who Gets the Water? (January/February 2003)
A faulty everglades plan pits alligators and pelicans against developers.

Alone in the World (January/February 2003)
Bush ends an era of environmental treaties.

Nothing but Brown Skies (November/December 2002)
Bush offers big breaks to air polluters.

Undersecretary of Agribusiness
(November/December 2002)
George W. Bush looks to corporate ranks to fill administration posts.

No New Wilderness? (November/December 2002)
Revving buzz saws in Alaska’s Tongass could drown out the public.

Fire as a Smoke Screen (November/December 2002)
Bush proposes logging the forests to save them.

What Are They Thinking in Washington? (September/October 2002)
A majority of Americans say they care about the environment. You’d never guess it from what goes on in the nation’s capital.

The Big Book of Bush (September/October 2002)
Will voters connect the dots by November?

Good Enough for Government (July/August 2002)
Playing fast and loose with nuclear waste.

Handout Haven (July/August 2002)
It’s a great time to be in Washington, D.C.—especially if your last name is “Corp.”

No Habitat? No Problem. (July/August 2002)
Aiding industry, the Bush administration abandons endangered species.

Monkey Wrench Gang (May/June 2002)
Meet the rule killers in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

No Net Loss? No Comment. (May/June 2002)
Interior Department ignores the call of its biologists.

Three Strikes, You’re Hired (May/June 2002)
Bush administration lets corporate polluters back on the gravy train.

Beauty and the Badlands (March/April 2002)
In a state where George Bush sees oil, Teddy Roosevelt found immensity and mystery.

Back to Business (March/April 2002)
After September 11, significant environmental decisions continued apace, but below the public’s radar.

Opportunity Lost (March/April 2002)
Love of country means caring for it, too.

Power Ties (November/December 2001)
Top resource posts in Washington are filled with industry insiders.

Return of the Roadless Wrangle
(November/December 2001)
Politics trumps public opinion in forest battle—for now.

Six Million Sweet Acres (September/October 2001)
From the quiet canyons of Vermilion to the lavish wildflowers of Carrizo, Americans have nearly two dozen new national monuments to explore.

The Science of Stalling (September/October 2001)
What’s behind the scientist-in-chief’s recent pronouncements.

Free-Market Fallout (September/October 2001)
Deregulation may finish off an industry built on taxpayer subsidies.

Old King Coal (July/August 2001)
Can W.’s second-favorite energy source ever come clean?

Dozens of Doozies (July/August 2001)
In his brief tenure, George Bush has earned dozens of environmental black marks.

For the Record (July/August 2001)
What they’re saying about drilling the Arctic Refuge.

Wish You Weren’t Here (July/August 2001)
Bush officials would love to explore our protected wildlands too—with oil drills.

The New Conquerors (July/August 2001)
Just when you thought the wilds were safe . . .

Snake Oil for Fossil Fools (May/June 2001)
George Bush and his oil allies are trying to exploit California’s energy shortage to drill the Arctic, subsidize oil companies, and allow more air pollution. Are Americans going to buy that?

Wise-Use Movement, R.I.P.? (May/June 2001)
Friends in the White House, but few foot soldiers.

Confidentially Yours (May/June 2001)
Texas-style laws trust polluting companies to police themselves.

Ready, Aim, Agitate (March/April 2001)
How to protect our environment in a tough new political climate.

Why Vote? (September/October 2000)
George W. says that he is “someone who cares deeply about clean air and clean water.” He sure has a funny way of showing it.

The Polluters’ President? (November/December 1999)
The Texas governor talks green, but he walks with the industry giants.