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How Trump may bulldoze 'America's Amazon' - CNNPolitics
How Trump may bulldoze 'America's Amazon'
Tongass National Forest, Alaska (CNN) In the hottest Alaskan summer on record, amid countless signs of a climate in crisis, a camera phone captured a Republican fundraiser on Kenai Peninsula.
Judging from the laughs and smiles, you'd never know that they are a few dozen miles from the Swan Lake Fire, now burning for over three months. But the mood is giddy because a surprise caller is on speaker -- President Trump.
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Nothing to see here, just handouts for all his buddy Republican fatcats:
'He mentions drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge way up north and building a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in the south. "King Cove Road! Yessir!" says (Sen.) Sullivan as Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker nods with vigor.
Besides opening up ANWR for oil drilling exploitation, the Republicans plan to balance the Alaskan state budget but logging out the Tongass National Forest, the crown jewel of the National Forest system. The Tongass absorbs 8% of the CO2 in the atmosphere. And then there are the planned roads through once pristine wilderness.
How Trump may bulldoze 'America's Amazon'
Tongass National Forest, Alaska (CNN) In the hottest Alaskan summer on record, amid countless signs of a climate in crisis, a camera phone captured a Republican fundraiser on Kenai Peninsula.
Judging from the laughs and smiles, you'd never know that they are a few dozen miles from the Swan Lake Fire, now burning for over three months. But the mood is giddy because a surprise caller is on speaker -- President Trump.
===================================================
Nothing to see here, just handouts for all his buddy Republican fatcats:
'He mentions drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge way up north and building a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in the south. "King Cove Road! Yessir!" says (Sen.) Sullivan as Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker nods with vigor.
Besides opening up ANWR for oil drilling exploitation, the Republicans plan to balance the Alaskan state budget but logging out the Tongass National Forest, the crown jewel of the National Forest system. The Tongass absorbs 8% of the CO2 in the atmosphere. And then there are the planned roads through once pristine wilderness.