Biden issued Executive Order 2022, ordering the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to conserve & restore the 32.7 million acres of old growth forest and the 80.1 million acres of mature forest on Federal lands. Trump is likely to boost logging across the nation, with little if any consideration for the climate and ecological ramifications. On the campaign trail and in the weeks since his election victory in November, Trump has pledged to unravel Biden’s climate and environmental policies. Logging such forests comes with an enormous climate price tag. For more information about Biden’s failure to protect America’s forests, read the full article.

Source: Huffington Post December 31, 2024 00:48 UTC