Saturday, July 12, 2008

Judge blocks gas drilling in forest - Might disturb a songbird nest


TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan - A federal judge has overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow oil and gas drilling near a forest and a river in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula. U.S. District Judge David Lawson of Detroit ruled Thursday the agency had acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" in 2005 by giving Savoy Energy LP of Traverse City a permit to drill an exploratory well near the Au Sable River's south branch. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - GoDaddy