This going all the way to the Supreme Court... Trump just gutted the Environmental Act!
March 3, 2025President Trump signed executive orders to increase lumber production across national forests and other public lands in the U.S., but wants to sidestep endangered species protections and other environmental regulations.The big picture: Wildlife species reliant on undisturbed forests could face significant habitat loss, while expedited environmental reviews may reduce oversight on ecological impacts.Driving the news: The executive orders that Trump signed on Saturday directs the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to expand timber production and calls for streamlining Endangered Species Act consultations to expedite forestry projects.
- The first executive order calls for considering new categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act, potentially allowing more logging projects to bypass thorough environmental reviews.
- It also seeks to reestablish exclusions for timber salvage and thinning, which could remove deadwood and other habitat structures critical for species like woodpeckers, insects and small mammals.
The second executive order promotes domestic timber production to replace imports.
- The order claims that timber, lumber and related products are critical to U.S. national security because these materials are essential for both civilian construction and military infrastructure.
- It also orders an investigation to assess whether foreign competition harms domestic timber production and whether measures like tariffs, export controls or quotas are needed.
Ah, there are too many trees anyway and you know that if we destroy the planet that Jesus our savior will be back sooner. Death to the earth!! Now wait a second here, I am not sure that God the father almighty likes us messing around with his creation. Maybe just waiting to see how far that humans try to push her and then ______.
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