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U.S. Unveils Vision for More Development In National Forests
June 12 2020

“Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday unveiled what he called a “blueprint” for enabling energy extraction, mining, grazing and logging in federal forests by speeding up environmental reviews and permitting…

The vision laid out in the letter is in line with the Trump administration’s broad effort to allow more energy extraction and infrastructure development on federal lands and waters…

Environmental group Center for Biological Diversity said the letter “offers a dystopian vision of expanding mining, fracking, logging and grazing in national forests” that would increase pollution and carbon emissions, and harm wildlife.”