2006年08月28日
ENS美國,舊金山報導;丁秋仁編譯;莫聞審校
Bush Plan to Log Giant Sequoia Monument Ruled Illegal
The Bush administration’s plan to allow commercial logging in California’s Giant Sequoia National Monument is illegal, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in two companion cases – one brought by the state of California and the other brought by conservation groups. “The Forest Service’s interest in harvesting timber has trampled the applicable environmental law,” wrote Judge Charles Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.