Sunguramy 1d ago

Because I know we all need good news: the new National Forest logging plans that increased logging without any safety rails were just overturned/rejected by federal court ruling. It effectively voids the Nantahala and Pisgah Forest Plan that in particular we were really worried about and is a huge step towards a plan that truly protects these precious places.

Now let’s see if we can stop them from drilling in the Gulf! (Yeah, if you haven’t heard, screw marine protections, there is a war and we need oil so Gulf drilling is back open.)

#forest #goodNews #environment #nature #protect #caretakers #wePersist

Show threadHey Gus

@sunguramy similar to what happened in the cascades https://cascadebusnews.com/federal-court-strikes-down-forest-services-logging-loophole/

The entire game of doing and saying as much insane bullshit as possible to see what sticks thankfully gets shutdown pretty regularly. It’s still terrible and obnoxious.

Federal Court Strikes Down Forest Service’s Logging Loophole - Cascade Business News

On January 13, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Forest Service unlawfully created and applied a categorical exclusion, known as “CE-6,” which the agency had recently begun misusing to approve large-scale commercial logging projects. The court set aside the exclusion for future actions and vacated approvals for threeRead More

Cascade Business News
Apr 3 at 7:41pmWeb