For $4.2 million, the administration had just sold off the first 561 acres of Blue and Gold, an estimated 83,259 trees.
They’re selling off rights to log (miscategorized) old growth forest for an average of Fifty. Fucking. Dollars. Per. Tree. That’s damn near free.
This is just like the oil. If its legally allowed they can't deny permits for individual companies as that would be playing favorites. The areas have to be protected and not allow for plans to be made to begin with. That is what democrats do but its hard and republicans take that status away. ugh folks are stupid.
Damn I was hoping they were better on this than British Columbia.
The spotted owls had long known of the impending demolition of Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger...The last ever message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to hoot "The Star-Spangled Banner", but in fact the message was this: "So Long, and Thanks for All the Mice."
But I was told repeatedly that Biden is the most progressive environmentalist president since Teddy. This can't be true /$.
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