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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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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

A hundred years from now the planet will be in a pretty good shape, forests have been regrown and the seas will have been cleaned up and repopulated with fish, except for the US which is a giant hole. Not from bombs exploding, but from strip-mining the whole place for resources.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The USA will resemble Russia, China and Mordor.

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[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Meanwhile we get shamed for not reusing the plastic containers we're forced to purchase with our basic groceries.

May time and tide fuck a pres up the arse

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is there a list of which forests opened for logging?

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I can't find one, I'd like to see a map but I don't expect there is one.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Drill, drill, drill! Cut, cut, cut! Slash, slash, slash! Burn, burn, burn! You guys carry on I have to go golfing.

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Literally Saruman.
Revolt happened.
Saruman died on a spike.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is Nostradamus about Trump's fall?

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✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

this is so fucking retarded. it is going to take longer than his term to build fucking logging factories and its going to cost millions of dollars. plus you have to hire these people and drivers. and guess what? since it's "american" it will just cost more for some reason anyways like everything else "American made" does. what an actual joke for the sheep

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Can you just find the article about this story that's not published in a corporate paper instead of posting this link?

It doesn't take long to find a better source

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why people link to a paywalled article in the first place boggles my mind. You're not sharing information, you're just advertising the paper for free.

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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months 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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[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 4 points 3 months ago

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

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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