Volume 43, Winter 2016 Sierra Atlantic
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Feature Articles
Part I
• Farewell to our editors
• Release of text confirms TPP fears
• Paris climate pact is weak scientifically, but politically significant
• Frack ban would make target easier to hit
• Chapter beats Shell, stops Painted Post sale of water for fracking
• Cuomo blocks Port Ambrose LNG terminal
• Last-quarter progress moves state's energy needle
• Cuomo proposes to nearly double Environmental Protection Fund
Part II
• Unneeded Fitzpatrick nuke plant should be closed with a just transition
• Tree research and survival viable without genetic engineering
• Letter to the editor: NYC developers likely to pounce on EPF for waterfront pork
• The Pope's Encyclical Revisited: From consumerism to voluntary simplicity: can we make a profound cultural change?
• The Pope's Encyclical Revisited: We won't end the climate crisis until we deal with overpopulation
• Communities on planned route rallying against Pilgrim Pipeline
• "True victory" at PSC clears way for new drinking water approaches
• Club: no more gas-fired power plants
• Case study: how zone defense can turn the tide in rural organizing
Featured Columns
• Message from the Chair: String of triumphs no reason to stop pressing ahead
• Albany Update: Clean-energy economy requires diverse political movement
• Conservation Action: Local communities need to step up climate change efforts
• Cooking for a Small Planet: Vegan 'comfort food' - an oxymoron?
• Enviro Close-Up: At our house, the sun pays the electric bill