Virginia Cramer, virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration today published a final rule containing rollbacks undercutting the role of science, transparency, and broad public input for decisions involving projects proposed on national forest land. The new rule will pave the way to increased logging, road, and pipeline construction.
In response, Sierra Club Lands, Water, Wildlife Campaign Director Dan Ritzman issued the following statement.
“Yet again we see the Trump administration prioritizing polluting industry over the health of our forests, wildlife and communities. We need the clean water, clean air and wildlife habitat forests provide. We need standing forests to fight the climate and extinction crises and to protect communities from the climate impacts already here. We need communities to have a voice in projects that threaten their well-being. Sierra Club will continue to fight for healthy communities, human and wild.”
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