Voices from the Earth, vol. 4, no. 4 Winter 2003

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Table of
Contents
The Nuclear West: Which Road to the Future?
The Nuclear West Today
The Atomic West 1942-2002
Rocky Flats II in the Works
Nuclear Weapons or Nuclear Disarmament?
Nuclear Power: Two Perspectives
New Nuclear Activities in New Mexico
Book Reviews
SRIC Extras

Contrary to federal officials' vision of a largely vacant area, the West was never nearly empty enough. It contained too many residents who would, inevitably, be exposed to the pollution released by nuclear weapons programs. It also contained intricate ecosystems which, far from making for an "empty" place, ensured that radioactive and chemical waste would be absorbed into, distributed about, and concentrated within the landscape in quite complicated ways.

The Atomic West
Edited by Bruce Hevly and John M. Findlay
University of Washington Press, 1998

Book Reviews

The following books were reviewed in this issue of Voices.

Dear Dirt Doctor: Questions Answered the Natural Way (REVISED AND UPDATED)
Howard Garrett
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2003
Eat More Dirt: Diverting and Instructive Tips for Growing and Tending an Organic Garden
Ellen Sandbeck
New York: Broadway Books, 2003

Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership
James K. Boyce and Barry G. Shelley, Editors
Washington: Island Press, 2003

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