|Roadless Rule Defense: Affirmed At Court of Appeals, Enjoined
in Another Circuit||The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which
protects 58.5 million acres of national forest land, was
repealed by the Bush adminstration and replaced by a state-by-
state petition process. In September 2006, Judge Elizabeth
Laporte in San Francisco declared the petitions rule illegal and
reinstated the Roadless Rule nationwide, except for the Tongass
National Forest in Alaska. Two years later, Judge Brimmer
reissued his moratorium declaring the Roadless Rule illegal
throughout the country. But the following year, the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed protection for over 40 million
acres of wild national forests and grasslands from new road
building, logging, and development. On October 21, 2011, the
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Wyoming district court,
upholding the Roadless Rule and vacating the prior injunction.|
|Diazinon: Threat to Public Health|| Diazinon is a dangerous
organophosphate pesticide that poisons f