Now I realize this is a 'crack down' on illegal logging but in the USA the logging industry has gone where it was never allowed before Bush that a fair amount of it could be considered illegal according to old standards. I bring this up naturally because logging can cause erosion and flooding.
Illegal logging seen as major factor in flood devastation
Updated 03:49pm (Mla time)
Dec 01, 2004 Agence France-Presse
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DECADES of illegal logging, unusually high rainfall and geography have all contributed to the devastation wrought by storms that have lashed the Philippines, the government and environmentalists say.
Arroyo orders renewed crackdown on illegal logging
Updated 05:47pm (Mla time)
Dec 01, 2004
By Lira Dalangin-FernandezINQ7.net
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MANILA, Manila Metropolitan Area, Philippines -- PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered a renewed crackdown on illegal logging on Wednesday after a series of flashfloods and landslides spawned by a tropical storm left hundreds dead or missing.
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And if all that wasn't traumatizing enough to the Phillipines look at what the oil companies were doing to the Phillipine Government. Not just the environment but the actual struture of government. This type of aggression by a company with set intentions regardless of the rules shows a willingness within the industry to challenge sovereignty to get their 'cash crop' out of the ground. The extreme example of this is Iraq of course.
Oil firms accused of ‘blackmail’ in VAT exemptions debate
Updated 04:11pm (Mla time)
Dec 01, 2004 By Maila AgerINQ7.net
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TWO lawmakers have accused oil companies on Wednesday of allegedly trying to "blackmail" Congress by threatening to pass the burden to consumers once the value-added-tax exemption (VAT) is lifted.
