O2 on NPR and New York Times Speaking Out For the Forests

The Oxygen Collective appears today in a story about Roadless Area logging at the Mike's Gulch timber sale on NPR's nationally syndicated program All Things Considered.

To Listen online:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5691875

We also added our name to a half page ad in the New York Times by Greenpeace calling out the shameful logging practices promoted by the corporation Kimberly Clark.

To view the ad and learn about this important campaign, visit:

www.kleercut.net

States Sue Federal Gov't Over Forest Protections

by Martin Kaste

All Things Considered, August 22, 2006 · Logging has begun on the largest area of roadless forest in the state of Oregon, and the state's government is fuming. When the Bush administration reversed the ban on building new roads on now roadless federal lands, it agreed to let the states decide which areas should remain protected, and which should be open to activities such as road-building, mining and oil and gas exploration. But the federal government is allowing logging in Oregon and energy development in Colorado before either state has finished its plan for the roadless lands. Five states have gone to court in protest of the actions.

Posted by laurel at August 23, 2006 11:48 AM | Category(s): Frontpage