Judge Rules Against Bush Forest Roads Policy

Judge reinstates Clinton-era protections against logging, mining, and road building in national forests.

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September 23, 2006, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the latest round of legal Ping-Pong over the future of 49 million roadless acres of national forests, a federal judge in California on Wednesday reinstated Clinton-era protections against logging and mining on the land and invalidated the Bush administrationâ€™s substitute policy. The judge, Elizabeth D. LaPorte of Federal District Court in San Francisco, said the new policy had been imposed without the required environmental safeguards."

FULL STORY: Judge Voids Bush Policy on National Forest Roads

Thursday, September 21, 2006 in The New York Times

Environment Government / Politics United States

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