On AlterNet: logging

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "logging"

Senator Tester Slips Bill Calling for Mandatory Logging of Public Lands into Omnibus Spending Bill

Paul Richards, AlterNet. December 16, 2010.

This sets a dangerous precedent for forest management, endangers wildlife and amounts to a $140 million gift to the timber industry courtesy of taxpayers.

California Carbon Trading Allows Timber Companies to Sell CO2 Credits for Their Worst Logging Practices

Eddie Scher, AlterNet. February 9, 2010.

California's race to be the first state to develop a carbon-trading program comes at an unacceptable cost for Sierra forests.

How an Indigenous Community Defeated a Logging Giant

Jessica Bell, AlterNet. June 23, 2008.

Grassy Narrows ran the longest-running blockade in North American history to stop logging on its land, but that wasn't all it took.

New York City Is One of the Biggest Destroyers of the Amazon Rainforest

Robert Jereski, AlterNet. October 15, 2007.

New York City's parks department is America's biggest destroyer of Amazonian rain forest, and Mayor Bloomberg isn't doing much to stop it.

Bush Flips Off Spotted Owls (and the Rest of Us)

Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. July 2, 2007.

The Bush administration's "owl-recovery" plan ends up making more trees -- in old-growth forests -- available to timber companies. The birds aren't the only ones who will lose out on industry's big win.

Questioning the Economics of Logging Our Largest National Forest

Michelle Chen, The NewStandard. April 2, 2007.

As the U.S. Forest Service pursues a logging plan for the Tongass, conservationists are pushing for different economic priorities in Alaska.