19 As part of the annual Arbor Day observance, Fort McCoy community members planted 400 red pines April 30 near Pine View Campground at the installation.
Child Development Center students and parents joined in on the event, learning how to properly plant trees and about the importance of planting trees.
The Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch coordinated the event. Forester Charles Mentzel said the new trees, along with another 4,600 planted earlier by Wisconsin Challenge Academy cadets, will be a nice addition to the campground.
“These trees will aid the campground with a visual screen, blocking wind and reducing noise for many years to come,” Mentzel said.
Settlement reached in challenge to Twin Metals prospecting permits
The Bureau of Land Management will conduct environmental review on 13 prospecting permits for Twin Metals as it reconsiders last year s permit extensions. 5:34 pm, May 12, 2021 ×
The federal government will conduct an environmental review on a batch of Twin Metals prospecting permits as it reconsiders its May 2020 decision to extend the permits to the copper-nickel mining company.
A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement between the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and environmental groups opposed to Twin Metals that requires the federal agency to conduct an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Protection Act, while revisiting its decision to grant 13 prospecting permits, which cover more than 15,000 acres of Superior National Forest land near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, to the company.
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The good news is that regulatory reform of, among other things, the National Environmental Protection Act of 1970 has bipartisan support.
Scholars on both sides of the aisle agree that these reviews delay and drive up the costs of infrastructure projects while rarely delivering on the promise of environmental protection. Less expensive infrastructure projects mean more investment at home and more resources to innovate toward a greener future.
The Biden administration s commitment to the protectionist tariffs of the Trump administration is also counterproductive for the environment. The reason free trade is good for the environment is simple: Countries will only produce things at what economists call a comparative advantage.
The Biden administration has made the fight against climate change a central part of its $2 trillion infrastructure plan. This legislation, if it ever sees the light of day, would shovel more than $100 billion of subsidies toward boosting the market for electric vehicles, as well as updating the country s electric grid to make it allegedly more resilient to climate disasters.
All of these investments sound well and good on paper, but if you genuinely care about the environment, don t hold your breath for any real progress. For one thing, Biden s plan is mostly a giant handout to corporations that are already heavily investing in infrastructure. It s also a gift to unions, most of which will do nothing to encourage the type of activities the president claims to support, and they ll make the cost of producing infrastructure more expensive, so we ll probably see less of it.
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