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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging (wapo.st)

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Yes, this means a ton of carbon ends up in the atmosphere instead of in the trees. The right move would be thinning and prescribed burns, but this administration isn't going to do that.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just wondering, what makes a forest a national forest and does this include trees in national parks or are they protected?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Assuming the other half is where they plan to install the oil derricks...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

didn't he say it would be like 0.5% of all federal land, or something.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I hate this.

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