[NormsRevenge]

...66% of fuel reduction projects planned by the U.S. Forest Service for national forests in California were stalled by administrative appeals—mostly filed by environmental groups—in fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

"You can't point to a specific project that was appealed," he said, "but because so many of these projects are appealed, the Forest Service has stopped proposing them in areas where there is a lot of resistance."

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? - Should said same groups who stand in the way of these fuel reduction projects not also be subject to legal recourse, etc?

Or, is that option of legal action agianst such orgs no longer available due to legislation that Clinton signed in the 90s that provided certain "environmental" orgs immunity from prosecution?

Just curious. Thanks

[Carry_Okie]

Or, is that option of legal action agianst such orgs no longer available due to legislation that Clinton signed in the 90s that provided certain "environmental" orgs immunity from prosecution?

It was Clinton EO 12986 that indemnified both environmental groups and government resource agencies from civil liability as members of the IUCN.

[tiki]

I honestly think they should be charged with manslaughter. And I think the homeowners should sue these groups for damages and then I think smarter and cooler heads could come up with a common sense protection of the environment that isn't so extreme.

[TexasCajun]

In all the news coverage of the fires, I never once heard the words 'environmentalist' or 'Sierra Club'.

If I lost my home, I'd be trying to sue these and others like them.