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Hemisphere with big plans to chop away at precious rain 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 ques...

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...