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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging (wapo.st)
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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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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

The rest is an assault on the natural world.

[–] stormdahl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In addition to the blanket tariffs already announced? Seriously I think that guy might be an evil alien supervillain or something. He seems to be doing his best to ruin the world in any way he can.

[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/us-hikes-softwood-lumber-duties-1.7503120

He's out to cripple Canada's economy, then he'll attempt to invade it. True evil.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 21 hours ago

I honestly would prefer that. I don't want to think of Trump as a member of the human race. Plus, it would imply that the bad guys are actually competent. The Trump Regime isn't just evil, it is weaponized secondhand embarrassment.