@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 month agoMillions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administrationmander.xyzimagemessage-square285fedilinkarrow-up1913
arrow-up1913imageMillions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administrationmander.xyz@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square285fedilink
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/more-details-surface-in-trump-administration-plan-to-cut-national-forests/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month ago What the fuck is so urgent about cutting down forests that you need a emergency order to green-light it? Replacing timber we previously got from Canada before the screaming from the industries that use lumber that is now tariffed gets too loud. I don’t know enough about those industries to know if it’ll work, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoI don’t think we have the sawmill capacity.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoMillions of prisoners with hand tools can do that job.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoand its the forests timber is not even good quality too.
Replacing timber we previously got from Canada before the screaming from the industries that use lumber that is now tariffed gets too loud.
I don’t know enough about those industries to know if it’ll work, though.
I don’t think we have the sawmill capacity.
Millions of prisoners with hand tools can do that job.
and its the forests timber is not even good quality too.