"In this book, author Rae Andre alerts us to one of the most insidious threats to the health and well-being of many Americans: the environmental impacts of aviation. Written from her experience as an activist and a flight-path dweller, Take Back the Sky dramatizes the extent of this growing problem in case studies from around the country where battles have been fought against airport expansion. More alarmingly, the book details how communities have lost virtually all control over their local skies, with that power having been usurped by special interests and an unresponsive federal government." "Andre makes a powerful case that citizen action is crucial at this time, when plans are afoot to transform hundreds of small airports around the country into busy commercial jetports. But how can we make the aviation industry more environmentally responsible? How can citizens and communities take back the power to determine their own fates? In Take Back the Sky, Andre provides the tools we need to answer these critical questions."--BOOK JACKET.