American Loggers Council Executive Director Scott Dane joins Stuart Varney to discuss how soaring diesel prices are impacting the timber industry. He warns that filling a logging truck now costs $1,350 as fuel expenses squeeze profits.
The USDA, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service, filed the proposed rule and corresponding draft environmental impact statement in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
Troy Jackson is Maine's former state senate president who comes from a logging family. He could take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.
The move aims to ease restrictions on industries and boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.
The move aims to ease restrictions on industries and boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.Open