Karacsony slams govt for easing felling regulations

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony on Friday said the government was changing timber extraction regulations, "in an effort to prepare the country for wood heating for lack of gas", and said that the energy crisis should be resolved through responsible energy policy rather than "cutting down forests". A government decree published late on Thursday will again allow clear-cutting in protected forests within the boundaries of Budapest, and set back other "hard-won achievements" in their protection, Karacsony said on Facebook.