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Landslide in Oso, Washington - Don't Blame Nature and Acts of God for Reckless Logging

2014-04-12 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: The 300-acre landslide in Oso, Washington, which killed at least 30 people and destroyed the local community on March 22, 2014, reveals a consequence of a relatively unregulated and unseen industry: logging. Logging was not the sole cause of the disaster -- March was the wettest on record, a condition possibly exacerbated by climate change, and the geology of the area features soft soils -- but logging apparently played a major role. The media often do not investigate the reasons behind an event...

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