Trump administration opens pristine Alaska forest to logging

[Venom]

The Americans are very good at managing these resources, the Thais not so much. ????

[BusyB]

 

His entire behavior reminds me of Downfall ...

 

 

[johnnybangkok]

Of course he's allowing this. The future of the planet is waaaay down on his list of priorities.

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1 hour ago, wombat said:

they have no idea....climate change pure and simple, explained with high school science is...
 

The Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun. But this tilt changes during a cycle , The tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees. Because this tilt changes, the seasons as we know them become exaggerated

 

Actually you copied from the wrong section of wherever you got that text from. If what you cited was the reason for climate change, then we would expect equal amounts of extreme cold weather and extreme warm weather. But in fact, most of the records being set now are for warmth, not cold.

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[malibukid]

Trump is desperate and he is determined to do as much damage as he can before he leaves office.  Biden will have to clean up his mess.

[bunnydrops]

Needs to find someone to clear the land for him for a new golf course

[Mavideol]

10 hours ago, Tug said:

I’m sure it will be canceled soon after January 20th when we change administrations 

yes, hope so, but till then how much damage will be done

[Mavideol]

10 hours ago, Credo said:

This is the reason that Trump is so dangerous.  His disregard for human life is one thing, but his disregard for the environment rises to a long-term, permanent level.  He needs to go before he causes any more damage.   

 

One of so Many reasons he's dangerous or stupidly dangerous, remember he said there is no climate change, he pulled out of the Paris agreement, icebergs are not melting, it's all a hoax..... and the virus will be gone by Spring, or a person can inject themselves with disinfectant or a very strong blue light and that are a couple more of his dangerous comments/decisions

[pacovl46]

Of course he did! It’s called vote buying! No respect and one more reason that he needs to go ASAP!!! 

[bunnydrops]

The big list of Trump's mark on the environment.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html

[Justgrazing]

Could be worse .. Given he has a malfunction going on in the decision making department at  least he hasn't sold it back to comrade Vlad' ..

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[Phoenix Rising]

2 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Could be worse .. At least he hasn't sold it back to comrade Vlad' ..

He would if he was ordered to.

[Mavideol]

3 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

He would if he was ordered to.

or If HE was asked to 555

[Sujo]

5 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Could be worse .. At least he hasn't sold it back to comrade Vlad' ..

Greenland is for sale. So he thinks.

[stevenl]

19 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Could be worse .. Given he has a malfunction going on in the decision making department at  least he hasn't sold it back to comrade Vlad' ..

Jeffrey Archer write about that, a matter of honour. In the book the SU by contract owned Alaska, but the contract went missing.

[DrTuner]

That's a wrong move. Deforestation is a huge problem.

[Pique Dard]

i don't understand why people are blaming trump! by his nature and during his campaign, he showed the whole world who he really was and what he intended to accomplish once elected. usa are a democracy, and trump isn't a dictator, so cast opprobrium on people who voted for him!

 

 

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16 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

That's a wrong move. Deforestation is a huge problem.

This isn't the first time. 

Trump’s executive order will aggressively cut more forest trees

The president is intent on pushing up timber sales in spite of the shutdown. He says he wants to curb wildfires. Experts say logging trees won’t help.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2019/01/14/trumps-executive-order-will-cut-more-forest-trees-some-publics-tools-stop-it/

[DB58]

18 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

I doubt the logging plans and permits that have been issued here amount to a "free for all." More likely that a careful forest management plan has been approved, with appropriate environmental impact statements and mitigation efforts in place.

There is very comprehensive management plans throughout the USA, but this is about preserving what’s left of the old growth forests that provide the air we breathe, provides watersheds and support a unique ecosystem. Once it is opened up for harvest it will never return, gone forever! Timber managed areas when replanted use a genetically  modified  trees that grow rapidly, so they can be harvested. 

 

So bottom line, harvesting an old growth forest is big profit; the timber is higher quality, huge yield per acre. 

[bendejo]

10 hours ago, malibukid said:

Trump is desperate and he is determined to do as much damage as he can before he leaves office.  Biden will have to clean up his mess.

This is actually a GOP tradition.  A long heritage of being sore losers.  Which you could say makes them perennial losers.  But it can't all be blamed on the orange guy with the big mouth, they have owned voter suppression for decades.  When the Dems became the party of Civil Rights the Republicans eagerly donned the mantel of the party of racism -- at least George Wallace outright admitted it.  While the Dems have elements of favoring business over people, for the GOP it's their credo.  The sick brilliance of that party is they have managed to convince so many people to vote against their own self-interest.

 

 

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[johnnybangkok]

On 10/30/2020 at 3:47 AM, bendejo said:

This is actually a GOP tradition.  A long heritage of being sore losers.  Which you could say makes them perennial losers.  But it can't all be blamed on the orange guy with the big mouth, they have owned voter suppression for decades.  When the Dems became the party of Civil Rights the Republicans eagerly donned the mantel of the party of racism -- at least George Wallace outright admitted it.  While the Dems have elements of favoring business over people, for the GOP it's their credo.  The sick brilliance of that party is they have managed to convince so many people to vote against their own self-interest.

 

 

And it's a Dem tradition to clear up all the messes the GOP leave. Whether it's the economy (Clinton clearing up Bush Snr's mess, Obama clearing up Bush Jnr) or envirnomentally, the GOP continually demonstrate their inability to govern yet somehow, some way they still get voted in.