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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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[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago
[-] the_q@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

I got a mod deletion the last time I said anything like this. Good luck and I fucking agree.

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[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

You've got to be careful how you word it lest the gestapo come for you. I will derive pleasure from reading his obituary though.

I will also say that 18 U.S. Code § 2381 says that he should be well, you know. Or fined and put in jail for five years but that's not as fun.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 88 points 2 days ago

Uhm, why can he just decide this? Not part of his expertise or departement.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Some national parks might be protected by legislation, such as the Yosemite Act of 1864, but massive amounts of land were protected by the executive branch such as Teddy Roosevelt protecting 150 Million Acres of forest and Joseph Biden protecting 674 Million Acres.

Then you also have Treaties with native americans which can be considered law if Republicans actually acknowledged them as such (they don't).

[-] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Trump doesn't like that the US buys lumber from Canada. He's going to announce 34% tariffs on lumber from Canada in the next few days.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Other than the Pacific northwest most U.S. forest trees do not make good building lumber.

[-] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

The rest is an assault on the natural world.

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[-] suite403@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

That our government has been reacting to his shit rather than controlling it is infuriating.

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[-] stormdahl@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

That is just... Insane. Incredibly sad.

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 161 points 3 days ago

Fuck. This kind of shit is why I feel the need for revenge on these people. They're slashing forests and impoverishing the population. It's not enough for them to lose an election. they need to pay

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago

I want my pound of fucking flesh.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Those are our national Forests, they don't belong to fascist billionaires like Trump and Musk! Resist, fight back, and let's tell these Nazis they can't strip our environment, government, healthcare and democracy to give tax breaks to rich people...

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 35 points 2 days ago

Cutting down old growth Forrest take 50 years to repair the area after its stopped. What a mess.

[-] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 days ago

Way longer than that. What grows back is not old growth

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 10 points 2 days ago

Yep, can't fix it in our lifetime

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[-] discocactus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

More like 150-300 if possible at all.

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[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Trump is speedrunning to aim for the lowest biodiversity index in North America.

Maybe if we stop ridiculously subisidising corn everywhere, some that gets thrown away because we have way too much, we could replace a couple dozen sq km of corn fields with more sustainable agroforestry, and thereby massively increase our logging output, instead of yk, cutting down the last wildlife sanctuaries? Not holding my breath tho.

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[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

[-] BarelyAdulting@midwest.social 53 points 3 days ago

We get 30% of our lumber from Canada. This is the inevitable consequence of shutting our borders to trade via tariffs - if these policies stick around for four years, sure, we may bring some manufacturing home at great immediate cost, but we'll also be bringing home the environmental burdens of manufacturing (the negative externalities) which we've been pushing onto other countries and ignoring for decades. In the meantime, other countries have started to learn how to handle those externalities, like China's big push for solar power. In America, we've got an idiot who is rolling back worker safety, health and environmental protections, the list goes on. So even if these tariffs worked, we're going to be living in a less healthy place, all in the name of jobs...

[-] grue@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago

This has nothing to do with the tariffs; even if those weren't happening Trump would be selling the trees off to his cronies anyway. It's a blatantly corrupt kleptocracy.

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[-] SolidShake@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 16 points 2 days ago

I agree with everything you said... except the ableist slur. I have worked with special needs people and they can be some of the sweetest, most genuine, hardest-working people you'll meet! Please ditch the outdated term, we need to be better than that...

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[-] brightandshinyobject@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago

The trees can't be harmed if the lorax is armed. You touch his trees, he aims for your knees.

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[-] arsCynic@beehaw.org 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago

Trump has two legs. Just sayin

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[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago

Then i guess it's time to start living up to the old namesake.

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[-] Neps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I hate this.

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