Powered by RebelMouse

tongass national forest

Top Tweets
CNX’s controversial fracking study sparks debate in Pennsylvania
Hilton, Marriott and Chipotle fund climate opposition despite public green goals
Nuclear plants gain new life as AI demand for energy rises
Rural opposition to solar energy influenced by local history and landscape concerns
EXPLORE
Copyright © RebelMouse 2017
Good News
Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass
Ian Collins/Flickr

Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service rule restricts development on more than nine million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, reversing a Trump decision.
Causes
What is a tree worth?
commons.wikimedia.org

What is a tree worth?

The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is home to some of the oldest trees in the country. For decades, they were felled indiscriminately for lumber. Will the remaining trees be protected?
Causes
Biden officials to propose restoring roadless rule on Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
commons.wikimedia.org

Biden officials to propose restoring roadless rule on Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday will propose restoring roadless protections on more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, a move that would overturn one of Donald Trump’s most significant changes to public lands.
Solutions
Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska
www.nytimes.com

Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska

Former President Donald J. Trump invited mining and logging to a vast wilderness of bald eagles, black bears and 800-year-old trees. President Biden is reversing course.
Solutions
Biden plans to restore protections to Tongass National Forest stripped under Trump
www.nytimes.com

Biden plans to restore protections to Tongass National Forest stripped under Trump

The administration says it will “repeal or replace” the rule that opened up more than half of Tongass National Forest to logging.
Politics
Biden to overturn Trump rule allowing roads in Tongass National Forest
www.axios.com

Biden to overturn Trump rule allowing roads in Tongass National Forest

The Trump rule was part of Republican efforts to expand logging operations in the forest.
Solutions
On U.S. public lands, can Biden undo what Trump has wrought?
e360.yale.edu

On U.S. public lands, can Biden undo what Trump has wrought?

President Joe Biden has an ambitious public lands agenda, vowing to ban new oil and gas drilling on federal territory and restore protections. But because of rules changes and a conservative court makeover, reversing the Trump legacy will not be easy.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Norway faces backlash over plans to mine the Arctic seafloor

Norway faces backlash over plans to mine the Arctic seafloor

MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE
CNX’s controversial fracking study sparks debate in Pennsylvania

CNX’s controversial fracking study sparks debate in Pennsylvania