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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:22 PM Jun 2020

Ag secretary orders environmental rollbacks for Forest Service

Source: The Hill


BY REBECCA BEITSCH - 06/12/20 05:17 PM EDT

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday ordered the U.S. Forest Service to expedite environmental reviews on its land, paving the way for more grazing, logging and oil development on public lands.

The directive, announced by Perdue on a trip to Missoula, Mont., comes in the form of an unusual memo to Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen. He called it “a blueprint for reforms to further provide relief from burdensome regulations, improve customer service, and boost the productivity of our National Forests and Grasslands.”

The move could be welcome news in Montana, where the state’s ranchers, miners, and oil and gas workers have long argued for increased access to public lands.

But environmentalists say the memo affirms a number of dangerous strategies already underway by the Trump administration.

“This is a roadmap to national forest destruction, and it’s painful to read,” said Randi Spivak, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s public lands program.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/502530-ag-secretary-orders-environmental-rollbacks-for-forest-service

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Ag secretary orders environmental rollbacks for Forest Service (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2020 OP
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate these fucking people? (nt) mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #1
Seriously soothsayer Jun 2020 #2
I second your motion................I really do hate these fuckers............... turbinetree Jun 2020 #7
WAIT!!! I thought they already did this! Doreen Jun 2020 #3
Teapot Dome had nothing on these guys bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #4
They have to make as much hay as possible, pazzyanne Jun 2020 #5
This administration is determined to leave no part of our environment undespoiled. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #6
When the looting starts Traildogbob Jun 2020 #10
Perdue was an envirionmental killer as Ga Governor and.......... MRDAWG Jun 2020 #8
Robbing the last things they can before they are booted out kimbutgar Jun 2020 #9
Sonny Perdue is a piece of shit Yeehah Jun 2020 #11
There are laws.... mchill Jun 2020 #12
This stinking pile of shit used to be a Democrat. njhoneybadger Jun 2020 #13
I say slash and burn them both. Trump and Bolsonaro. lambchopp59 Jun 2020 #14
We better do what we got to do in November texasfiddler Jun 2020 #15
Rob, pillage and pilfer. hamsterjill Jun 2020 #16

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
7. I second your motion................I really do hate these fuckers...............
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jun 2020


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough...................or January 21, 2021

bucolic_frolic

(42,678 posts)
4. Teapot Dome had nothing on these guys
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jun 2020

and if Tweeters can be believed, the Dump Crimes Commission are coming 2021

pazzyanne

(6,519 posts)
5. They have to make as much hay as possible,
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jun 2020

before November 3, 2020. We have a lot of damage to reverse when Joe's administration takes over. By the way, I HATE THE CURRENT ADMIISTRTION!

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
6. This administration is determined to leave no part of our environment undespoiled.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jun 2020

The looters are in control, determined to grab everything they can get their evil hands on - to destroy and kill without limit.

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
9. Robbing the last things they can before they are booted out
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:59 PM
Jun 2020

Luckily we still have courts that could put injunctions and reviews on these actions.

mchill

(1,015 posts)
12. There are laws....
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jun 2020

NFPA, ESA, NEPA, State water boards....can’t see how Perdue can dance around those. And any EIS can be appealed.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
14. I say slash and burn them both. Trump and Bolsonaro.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 10:42 PM
Jun 2020

Would be a karmically befitting end for both egregiously, wreckless, stupid and dangerous oily garchs. Slowly suffocating on their own smoke and pollution? I'd buy tickets for that, I'm really that angry.

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