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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.

  • untorquer@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    National Forest Service is a part of the Department of Agriculture, part of the executive branch.

      • untorquer@lemmy.world
        6·
        10 days ago

        He appoints and directs the head of the department who, in turn, can more or less do so. They’ve been blatantly ignoring status quo and legal authority for a while now, so unless the supreme court gets the case and disagrees, they’re unlikely to stop.