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Forest, climate consequences be damned. donald trump apparently himself have reportedly instructed the agriculture secretary to open alaska's tongass forest up for logging and mining. the forest is the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world. also literally the largest forest in the entire country, and it's been protected from logging and mining since president bill clinton issued an order putting it off limits on the way out the door in 2001. george w. bush tried to reverse that policy but was stymied in court. there is no question trump will likely face a lawsuit as well if and whe...

Anyone. >> the u.s. has offered help against the fires. so has the prime minister in the u.k. do you see them sending firefighters, trucks, planes or not? >> as i said earlier, the issue is not necessarily putting the fires out right now. the issue from the fires has the climate consequences. what does this mean in terms of concrete steps to end deforestation in the amazon. and i'm also skeptical of my own president trump, who is taking actions that are hostile to the environment, to science, and to endangered species. >> when you have a brazilian president who doesn't prioritize environmental...