Jim Tankersley of the L.A. Times reports that the Obama administration has effectively suspended logging in roadless forest areas. Before he left office, Bill Clinton signed into law the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protected 60 million acres of U.S. forest. But the Bush administration agriculture department shockingly, just shockingly, undermined the rule and let the U.S. Forest Service issue logging permits. Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack now wants to review enforcement of the rule before he allows further logging.-MB

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