The repeal of the BLM Public Lands Rule is only the latest reminder that Congress never created durable protections for America’s sacred sites, ecosystems, and public lands.
The destruction and rape of America's public lands and natural resources for the benefit of environmentally destructive corporate interests by the Trump regime is vastly underreported by mainstream US media. Most Americans are likely completely unaware or ambivalent.
Come on… face it. The uber wealthy put Trump in power. It irrelevant to the uber wealthy what happens to our country or our environment as long as they make money. They can jet off to their private islands, or hunker down in the Maldives. America needs to admit that they live in a fascist dictatorship… a true kleptocracy. We must band together and forcibly remove these corrupt individuals from office. Please notice that Trump and his ilk have destroyed the Republican Party. Very few citizens or whatever is left of us after Trump opens up the killing fields will ever trust Republicans again.
The ultra wealthy have always tried to enforce their will on the other 99% of America. Only when the hate filled people decided they found their leader were they able to implement their plan. Hopefully they have had their nose bloodied enough to realize their mistake. Even if 10% of them have had enough & turn on them, they will cast their vote for a Democrat & we will put them back where they belong.
It sounds almost like a simple choice: conservation or harvesting what's on, in, or under the land. And given a choice that sounds so simple, it is certainly a matter of whose priorities are what. (Assuming there isn't a fiscal thumb on the scale, inducing governments to, for example, focus more on harvesting things like fossil fuels or lithium or anything else.)
But there's an underlying and critical dynamic that is often enough ignored. Whether it's fossil energy sources, precious or important metals, or anything, those things are not renewable. We can devote ourselves to the pursuit of them, but if we're successful, we'll collect all that's there, and do as much environmental damage as will result, and then, whatever we collected will be gone. What do we do then about the environmental damage, including climate change, extinct species, and foliage that is gone, and no longer sustains the area? I'm setting aside the spiritual/subjective/nostalgic issues that have meaning to Native Americans, for example, but not as much for the rest of us.
We can wind up with an overheated planet, no more bison, no more wolves, no more ancient forests, for example, but also no more oil, gas, and whatever else we were frankly shortsighted enough to pursue at the expense of what we destroyed.
The destruction and rape of America's public lands and natural resources for the benefit of environmentally destructive corporate interests by the Trump regime is vastly underreported by mainstream US media. Most Americans are likely completely unaware or ambivalent.
Come on… face it. The uber wealthy put Trump in power. It irrelevant to the uber wealthy what happens to our country or our environment as long as they make money. They can jet off to their private islands, or hunker down in the Maldives. America needs to admit that they live in a fascist dictatorship… a true kleptocracy. We must band together and forcibly remove these corrupt individuals from office. Please notice that Trump and his ilk have destroyed the Republican Party. Very few citizens or whatever is left of us after Trump opens up the killing fields will ever trust Republicans again.
The ultra wealthy have always tried to enforce their will on the other 99% of America. Only when the hate filled people decided they found their leader were they able to implement their plan. Hopefully they have had their nose bloodied enough to realize their mistake. Even if 10% of them have had enough & turn on them, they will cast their vote for a Democrat & we will put them back where they belong.
It sounds almost like a simple choice: conservation or harvesting what's on, in, or under the land. And given a choice that sounds so simple, it is certainly a matter of whose priorities are what. (Assuming there isn't a fiscal thumb on the scale, inducing governments to, for example, focus more on harvesting things like fossil fuels or lithium or anything else.)
But there's an underlying and critical dynamic that is often enough ignored. Whether it's fossil energy sources, precious or important metals, or anything, those things are not renewable. We can devote ourselves to the pursuit of them, but if we're successful, we'll collect all that's there, and do as much environmental damage as will result, and then, whatever we collected will be gone. What do we do then about the environmental damage, including climate change, extinct species, and foliage that is gone, and no longer sustains the area? I'm setting aside the spiritual/subjective/nostalgic issues that have meaning to Native Americans, for example, but not as much for the rest of us.
We can wind up with an overheated planet, no more bison, no more wolves, no more ancient forests, for example, but also no more oil, gas, and whatever else we were frankly shortsighted enough to pursue at the expense of what we destroyed.
It's a pretty dumb plan.