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This is why the forest service was kneecapped. (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 63 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I have a feeling they’ll have a much harder time pushing through mining operations in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire than they did in West VA. This will be received like proposals of mining the great lakes would in MI or WI, and many of the residents (Boston area professors) have the resources and energy to resist it.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Didn’t they just remove the mining protection from the BWCA?

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Yep and they’re working on removing protections for other federal land which I have little doubt they’ll* accomplish given it was the fed previously protecting it. I’m just saying I think it will be difficult to actually implement projects in some places due to local opposition combined with the energy and resources to sustain that opposition.

    Not a good thing overall btw, by my figuring it just means under-resourced regions will continue to shoulder the bulk of industrial waste and pollution because they’ll be the least equipped to resist. Tale as old as time.

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