Bush Postpones Forest Rules Again

"The Bush administration signaled today that it might consider a settlement that could significantly scale back the effect of Clinton administration rules putting a third of the national forests off limits to development...Proponents of the Clinton plan suggested that the Bush administration recognized that the rules had broad public support and was trying to seek modifications as part of a legal settlement rather than through a head- on challenge to the policy...Along with timber interests, the mining, oil and gas industries have been vehement opponents of the Clinton plan, the effect of which would be to curtail mining and drilling as well as logging. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan