Wise use in the saddle.The War Against the Greens (Johnson Books, $19) first appeared in 1994, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore were in the White House and the environmental movement was seemingly in the ascendancy. But author David Helvarg was perceptive enough to feel the heat of a growing sagebrush sagebrush, name for several species of Artemisia, deciduous shrubs of the family Asteraceae (aster family), particularly abundant in arid regions of W North America. The common sagebrush (A. rebellion, a western-based "Wise Use" movement that was trying to upset the public consensus on protecting the environment. This loose coalition of ranchers, lobbyists for the oil industry, loggers and far-right politicians wanted the world to know that property and grazing rights The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. came first, and land preservation and endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. a distant second. As this new edition goes to press, Wise Use has a hammer lock 1. (Wrestling) A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent. on the White House and on the House of Representatives (where the chairperson of the Resources Committee, Richard Pombo, fights to open public land to resource exploitation). A new chapter, "Wise Use in the White House" shows clearly how these property rights radicals helped shape the Bush administration. --Jim Motavalli |
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