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 states 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 its painful to read, said Randi Spivak, director of the Center for Biological Diversitys public lands program.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/502530-ag-secretary-orders-environmental-rollbacks-for-forest-service
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Its a slash and burn of everything decent
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough...................or January 21, 2021
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Again???
bucolic_frolic
(42,678 posts)and if Tweeters can be believed, the Dump Crimes Commission are coming 2021
pazzyanne
(6,519 posts)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)The looters are in control, determined to grab everything they can get their evil hands on - to destroy and kill without limit.
Traildogbob
(8,584 posts)The shooting starts. Heard that is a thing now.
MRDAWG
(501 posts)his cousin in the US senate is too.
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)Luckily we still have courts that could put injunctions and reviews on these actions.
Yeehah
(4,524 posts)That is all.
mchill
(1,015 posts)NFPA, ESA, NEPA, State water boards....cant see how Perdue can dance around those. And any EIS can be appealed.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)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.
texasfiddler
(1,986 posts)I can't image the alternative.
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Assholes!! Kill everything.