Wednesday, May 20th
Last update04:14:02 AM GMT
Environment Obama administration green lights logging in Tongass National Forest
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gave his personal approval for a 381-acre clear-cut in America's largest stand of temperate rain forest.
The 17-million acre forest is the largest stand of continuous temperate rain forest in the U.S. and contains a lot of old-growth trees. It's basically a snapshot of what the world looked like before we rolled heavy onto the scene.
TVNL Comment: How is THAT for "change?"
 More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire... |
 Anunciata Schwebel could only watch in horror on FaceTime while her friend and tenant slunk into... | ||
 Across the country, wildland firefighters are staring down what could be one of the most severe... |
 A mega tsunami in Alaska last year in a fjord visited by cruise ships is a... |
