New Policies Threaten National Forests

New policies would allow more logging of large tracts of national forests by timber companies.

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February 13, 2003, 2:00 PM PST

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

"As threatening as these provisions are to the health of the forests, they are no less distasteful for their cavalier disregard of due process. In each case they either summarily overrule existing law or, even more ominously, seek to narrow or suspend rights of appeal and judicial review that Americans have long enjoyed under established environmental law."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Threats to the Forest

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 in The New York Times

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