Increasing Timber Production, an Emergency Situation on National Forest Lands [pdf]
68 points by gnabgib
by jmward01
2 subcomments
There is a clear pattern to the madness. First make up something unsubstantiated by fact. Two declare it a crisis that requires acting without congress and circumventing existing laws. Three destroy something that will take generations to repair, if it can be repaired. Four repeat with something else so quickly that people forget the last few things destroyed.
by sheeshkebab
1 subcomments
“Emergency” my ass. More like made up crap to bully Canada by orange buffoon who hates trees as much as windmills.
by standeven
0 subcomment
This executive action blames forest management for increased wildfires, but the IPCC has predicted this exact problem for decades. Unsurprisingly, climate change is not mentioned.
I guess we’re to believe that forests are being poorly managed by every government in every country around the world?
by osigurdson
3 subcomments
We are going to have to create a new term for "emergency", since this one is used for all manner of situations ranging from timber production to heart attacks.
by WorkerBee28474
3 subcomments
Seems like this might be a way to reduce reliance on Canadian timber. Canada exports 45 billion CAD (USD ~30 billion) yearly, mostly to the USA. Substituting American timber could move some of that economic activity south of the border, reducing Canada's GDP by up to 1% and moving several hundred thousand jobs.
by greenie_beans
2 subcomments
trees are not the problem. we have so much timber inventory. you can't increase timber production without solving mill capacity and logging labor issues. we have so many fucking trees. we need more tree nimbys so tree prices will go up. timber != lumber.
by Mistletoe
1 subcomments
Every day a new embarrassment to read. I can’t handle it anymore.
by bpodgursky
3 subcomments
I have no pretense they did this in a calculated or intentional way, but I think it's actually probably the correct move given the lack of controlled burns nowdays.
by ringeryless
1 subcomments
It's so strange how all the federal agencies all spout obvious propaganda now with this new regime and its loyalty tests.
Just know that the entire rest of the world will generally not be queueing up to kiss the ring. Absolutely no human being, let alone nations full of them, enjoys being humiliated and ground into the dust as a mere opening ploy in negotiations.
Humanity will route around the USA. What sane actor will make deals with a psychopath that rips up contracts it made yesterday?
Hacker News