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06 Dec 2007 |
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| "Healthy Forests" law struck down by court for skirting eco-reviews Posted at 6:48 AM on 06 Dec 2007 A key part of the Bush administration's "Healthy Forests" law, passed in 2003, was effectively struck down this week by a federal appeals court. The "hazardous fuels reduction" rule let the U.S. Forest Service get out of analyzing the environmental impacts of timber sales up to 1,000 acres in size and prescribed burns up to 4,500 acre ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, litigation, news, United States, US Forest Service (all these topics) |
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