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[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

Do you know why greece is so barren? Because in antiquity they chopped all the trees for their navy

[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

trump.... Ensureing America has no future

[-] Hircine@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

2024 cost US 500 billion in hurricane costs. and how to you counter that, plant more trees not cut them down. he is the biggest clown in human history

[-] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 239 points 4 days ago

Everything else aside... What the fuck is so urgent about cutting down forests that you need a emergency order to green-light it?

[-] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 235 points 4 days ago

Nothing. The "emergency order" is entirely so he doesn't have to go through Congress to do it.

[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 87 points 4 days ago

“I can do anything I want if it’s an emergency!”

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

It’s crazy how republicans are framing cutting down forests as a “good way to prevent arsons”

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 37 points 3 days ago

What’s the emergency? Climate change isn’t catastrophic enough yet?

[-] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

It’s so the US can build more vacant houses.

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[-] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Has anyone actually done the co2 math and the amount of other gases we have to reverse?

It will blow your mind. Dont look up.

Basically everything we have ever consumed for carbonous goods or fuel sources has to be reversed.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

That's because we are a part of nature and we leave footprints like everything else. Change isn't bad, in fact it's a good thing. It's why things evolve. The problem is the velocity of change is too fast for other parts of our ecosystem to keep up. It's like catching a ball. Every little bit counts.

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Teddy Roosevelt is rolling in his grave.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

And so all that Roosevelt worked for is sentenced to death.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Time for this guy to get taken out....of office.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

I really hope to see him buried soon.

Under massive voter disapproval polls and impeachment proceedings.

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Once again, we find out most of the past presidents just obeyed decorum and norms... Did no one consider that a bad-faith president would just say, "uh...'EMERGENCY!' " then he's allowed to bypass Congress and just do whatever the fuck he wants!?

[-] diffusive@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

There are 3 powers here supposed to balance:

  • the president
  • the houses
  • the supreme court

Guess who scored all of them?

Incidentally this is the reason the judiciary power in other democracies is self governed (e.g., judges elect their own supreme court) and parties in the judiciary are forbidden

But… well… here we are 🤷‍♂️

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago

Afaik congress could stop him, revoking his "emergency tariff powers" and revoking the emergency itself. But they won't. Like Trump, they only seek power.

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[-] leds@feddit.dk 57 points 3 days ago

Fuck, some of that will be last remaining old growth, forever lost

[-] parricc@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago

That includes almost all remaining old growth forests. Almost all of the areas he chose are old growth forests. Here's a map of all remaining old growth forests in the US for comparison.

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[-] AlexLost@lemm.ee 41 points 3 days ago

It's an emergency!! We need lumber for... Things. Quick!

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[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

If a tree falls on him in the forest, would anyone hear him squish? Or care?

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[-] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Would be a damn shame if the National Forestry service just started spiking all those trees.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Would be a shame if the millions of people who cherish our national forests, such as outdoors-people, survivalists, veterans and preppers, just decided that they don't want their woods chopped down.

Sure would be a shame if anything kept happening to that expensive logging equipment over and over.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Just be careful and never cut a hydraulic hose with any of your body parts near the cut. Hydraulic injection injuries look terrible. Similar for large truck tires, those are not like a tiny cybertruck tires, they can blow up and cause injury.

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[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 109 points 4 days ago

In 200 years people will ask in disbelief why such old forests were logged down.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 60 points 3 days ago
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[-] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 66 points 4 days ago

"Emergency orders" designed to protect this country in case we're attacked are being used by presidents to sidestep the constitutional as it regards separation of powers. It's about time this shit came to an end also.

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[-] klemptor@startrek.website 73 points 4 days ago

I love that this map still has the Gulf of Mexico.

I hate that this will be done to our national forests. They're a natural treasure and should be protected for so many reasons.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago

Not happy with destroying our society anymore. Now they have to physically destroy our country.

This is what happens when you allow conservatives to have control.

I'd ask Americans to make better decisions going forward, but we all know that isn't happening.

RIP.

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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 79 points 4 days ago

It was nice to have a planet while it lasted, I guess.

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[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 66 points 4 days ago

Remember: a can of expanding foam can disable most any vehicle when sprayed in the right places.

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[-] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

This motherfucker wants to clear cut the boundary waters. All these special areas destroyed because they're not a beach side golf course or some tacky casino.

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[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

“I think that I now understand what he is up to. He is plotting to become a Power. He Has a Mind of Metal and Wheels; and He Does Not Care For Growing Things.

Come, my friends. The Ents are going to war. It is likely that we go to our doom.”

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[-] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

And oil exploration, and real estate development, and golf courses, and casinos, and...

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