Another Get Back at Bush thing as well.
Hey folks,
I got this Press Release and thought to myself, "Well, that's good." As I have talked about last week and various times over the years, I'm an animal lover and I love Nature. So I was thinking that this is a good thing. But then I started to look into it a bit more. Here is the Press Release:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jane Danowitz, director of the Pew Environment Group's U.S. public lands program, today issued the following statement on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's support for a national forest roadless policy and the Obama administration's decision to join environmentalists in an appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals of a 2008 Wyoming federal district court ruling that struck down the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
"We are pleased the Secretary of Agriculture affirmed the importance of a strong nationwide standard for protecting roadless areas. The Secretary's support for a national roadless policy, along with the administration's move yesterday to join conservationists in defending the roadless rule in court, marks an important step toward resolving the conflicts and patchwork approach that have hindered forest management for decades.
"We hope this signals that the Obama administration intends to move quickly toward fulfilling its pledge to reinstate the roadless rule as the best policy to preserve pristine forestlands across the country."
Background: In 2005, the Bush administration attempted to replace the popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule, issued in 2001, which protects roughly 60 million acres of America's remaining undeveloped national forestland with a discretionary state-based petition process. In May 2009, the Pew Environment Group praised the Obama administration for calling a "time out" on activity in roadless areas until legal and administrative conflicts are resolved. Last week, on August 5, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to reinstate the 2001 roadless rule for the majority of roadless areas.
Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-governmental organization that applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improving public policy, informing the public and stimulating civic life. www.ourforests.org
So why did Bush decide to repeal this? Well, one, it SHOULD be State by State, and NOT the Federal Government controlling STATE LAND. Some state rely on the Lumber on some of these lands and they should be able to say what can and can't be done. This is even opposed by Libertarian and Federalist Political groups. Two, ENERGY! That's right. Energy. OUR Energy. Oil, coal, ETC.
Hey folks,
I got this Press Release and thought to myself, "Well, that's good." As I have talked about last week and various times over the years, I'm an animal lover and I love Nature. So I was thinking that this is a good thing. But then I started to look into it a bit more. Here is the Press Release:WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jane Danowitz, director of the Pew Environment Group's U.S. public lands program, today issued the following statement on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's support for a national forest roadless policy and the Obama administration's decision to join environmentalists in an appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals of a 2008 Wyoming federal district court ruling that struck down the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
"We are pleased the Secretary of Agriculture affirmed the importance of a strong nationwide standard for protecting roadless areas. The Secretary's support for a national roadless policy, along with the administration's move yesterday to join conservationists in defending the roadless rule in court, marks an important step toward resolving the conflicts and patchwork approach that have hindered forest management for decades.
"We hope this signals that the Obama administration intends to move quickly toward fulfilling its pledge to reinstate the roadless rule as the best policy to preserve pristine forestlands across the country."
Background: In 2005, the Bush administration attempted to replace the popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule, issued in 2001, which protects roughly 60 million acres of America's remaining undeveloped national forestland with a discretionary state-based petition process. In May 2009, the Pew Environment Group praised the Obama administration for calling a "time out" on activity in roadless areas until legal and administrative conflicts are resolved. Last week, on August 5, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to reinstate the 2001 roadless rule for the majority of roadless areas.
Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-governmental organization that applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improving public policy, informing the public and stimulating civic life. www.ourforests.org
So why did Bush decide to repeal this? Well, one, it SHOULD be State by State, and NOT the Federal Government controlling STATE LAND. Some state rely on the Lumber on some of these lands and they should be able to say what can and can't be done. This is even opposed by Libertarian and Federalist Political groups. Two, ENERGY! That's right. Energy. OUR Energy. Oil, coal, ETC.
On November 29, 2006, Judge Laporte issued an order to ban road construction on 327 Oil and Gas Leases issued by the Bush administration since January 2001, most of them in Colorado, Utah, and North Dakota.
San Francisco -- A federal district court ruled yesterday that the Roadless Area Conservation Rule should be applied to prohibit road construction on hundreds of oil and gas leases issued since the rule was first enacted in 2001. The November 29 court order by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte follows up on her September 20, 2006, ruling that the Bush administration violated federal laws in repealing the Clinton-era Roadless Rule.
The new ruling means that 327 oil and gas leases issued by the Bush administration since January 2001 are now subject to the Roadless Rule's prohibition on road construction or reconstruction. Most of the affected leases are in roadless areas of national forests and national grasslands in Colorado, Utah and North Dakota.
Just like the Kooks that want to prohibit drilling off the coast and drilling in ANWAR, they would rather "Feel Good" about "Saving the Planet" than they would educate themselves to the FACTS and REALITY in this debate.
Once again you see the Envionuts say Screw Humans in the name of a SCAM. Once again, in the face of reality, we have Kooks claiming that we are destroying the Planet. Once again, it is these SAME Kooks that will keep us dependant on foreign Oil and keep Gas at an inflated rate. Higher than it ever needs to be.
Peter
Sources:
Pew Environment Group
Earth Justice - Court Orders Roadless Rule Implemented Against Oil and Gas Drilling
San Francisco -- A federal district court ruled yesterday that the Roadless Area Conservation Rule should be applied to prohibit road construction on hundreds of oil and gas leases issued since the rule was first enacted in 2001. The November 29 court order by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte follows up on her September 20, 2006, ruling that the Bush administration violated federal laws in repealing the Clinton-era Roadless Rule.
The new ruling means that 327 oil and gas leases issued by the Bush administration since January 2001 are now subject to the Roadless Rule's prohibition on road construction or reconstruction. Most of the affected leases are in roadless areas of national forests and national grasslands in Colorado, Utah and North Dakota.
Just like the Kooks that want to prohibit drilling off the coast and drilling in ANWAR, they would rather "Feel Good" about "Saving the Planet" than they would educate themselves to the FACTS and REALITY in this debate.
Once again you see the Envionuts say Screw Humans in the name of a SCAM. Once again, in the face of reality, we have Kooks claiming that we are destroying the Planet. Once again, it is these SAME Kooks that will keep us dependant on foreign Oil and keep Gas at an inflated rate. Higher than it ever needs to be.
Peter
Sources:
Pew Environment Group
Earth Justice - Court Orders Roadless Rule Implemented Against Oil and Gas Drilling
2 comments:
National Forests are not state land.
The 2001 Roadless Rule came out of the most extensive public involvement process in federal rule making history out of 1.6 million plus public comments, nearly 95% were in favor.
The Rule does not reduce current levels of access.
The Rule is supported by conservative groups including Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Our National Forests already have more than twice as many roads as the entire US Highway System and face a maintenance backlog in the 10's of billions of dollars, it makes no sense to be building more roads to nowhere at taxpayer expense.
Hey Anonymous
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"National Forests are not state land.
The 2001 Roadless Rule came out of the most extensive public involvement process in federal rule making history out of 1.6 million plus public comments, nearly 95% were in favor.
The Rule does not reduce current levels of access.
The Rule is supported by conservative groups including Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Our National Forests already have more than twice as many roads as the entire US Highway System and face a maintenance backlog in the 10's of billions of dollars, it makes no sense to be building more roads to nowhere at taxpayer expense."
OK I'll give you that. However, this is ALSO going to be used to further a very specific agenda by the Anti-Drilling crowd.
I can, and DO agree with you one hundred percent that we do not need more "Roads to nowhere" at tax payers expense. But I do believe that it should be up to the State, in some cases that rely on the forests for revenue to determine what is best for that State.
Peter
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