Sentences with phrase «roadless public forest»
A federal court today overturned a coal mine expansion and eliminated a loophole permitting road construction for coal mining in western Colorado's roadless public forest lands.
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Besides working for eight years to overturn the Clinton administration's «Roadless Rule» that prevented road building (and the logging that usually follows) on 58.5 million acres of national forests, the Bush White House has opened up 45 million additional acres of public land across the American West to oil and gas drilling during its tenure.
«Today's ruling makes sure that coal mines can't build roads in Colorado's precious national forest roadless areas unless and until the Forest Service makes an honest accounting of the huge amounts of climate pollution that such mining may cause,» said Alli Melton, Public Lands Direction for Crested Butte - based High Country Conservation Advoforest roadless areas unless and until the Forest Service makes an honest accounting of the huge amounts of climate pollution that such mining may cause,» said Alli Melton, Public Lands Direction for Crested Butte - based High Country Conservation AdvoForest Service makes an honest accounting of the huge amounts of climate pollution that such mining may cause,» said Alli Melton, Public Lands Direction for Crested Butte - based High Country Conservation Advocates.
The ruling also ensures that Forest Service and BLM will involve the public, and take a «hard look» at the climate pollution impacts of any future decision to approve an expansion of the West Elk Mine into the Sunset Roadless Area.