A veteran leader in the environmental movement, Carl Pope has been Executive Director of the Sierra Club since 1992. He has also served on the boards of the California League of Conservation Voters, Public Voice, the National Clean Air Coalition, California Common Cause, Public Interest Economics, Inc., and Zero Population Growth. Pope is the author of two previous books, "Sahib: An American Misadventure in India "(1971) and "Hazardous Waste in America "(1981). Paul Rauber is a senior editor at "Sierra "magazine. Pope and Rauber both live in the San Francisco Bay Area.