Posted on 11/20/2018 12:04:45 PM PST by detective
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke blamed “radical environmentalists” Tuesday for blocking federal forest-management efforts and causing dangerous conditions that lead to deadly wildfires such as the blaze that killed dozens last week in northern California.
“When lawsuit after lawsuit by, yes, the radical environmental groups that would rather burn down the entire forest than cut a single tree or thin the forest, then it’s easy to find who is suing and who promulgates these destructive policies,” Mr. Zinke said. “Take a look at who’s suing — every time there’s a thinning project. The density of dead and dying trees is higher.”
He added, “When nature alone takes its course without management, there are consequences. The special-interest groups are really exercising their very tight agenda.”
Mr. Zinke and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue held a conference call with reporters to urge Congress to give the administration more flexibility to remove dead trees and carry out more “prescribed burns” to prevent devastating wildfires. The “Camp” fire in California last week killed more than 70 people, with hundreds of others unaccounted for, and destroyed more than 10,000 homes.
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"we need the lawsuits to stop.”
Californians LOVE the environmental movement. They fund/support the same groups that are costing some of them everything.
Oh well.
Criminally negligent Republicans did not take this up over the last 2 years, and will not take it up in the lame duck.
Because they are criminally negligent.
And once the Dims take over in Jan, there’s no hope. But that won’t stop the criminally negligent Republicans from criticizing the Dims over it as a campaign issue.
“Californians LOVE the environmental movement.”
Your derision is misplaced.
This is entirely up to the US Congress, and always has been.
And of course he’s absolutely right, but as a parallel observation, the ACLU and their legal racketeering outfit play the same game, and is why our society is burning down. We are required to live amongst societal deadwood and are powerless to clean things up.
BTW, fix the grammar on your personal page.
Yeah, he’s a jerk. Probably 23 years old living with Mom.
“The government’s hands have been tied by environmental extremists.”
The US Congress could change this situation with a single bill, certain to be signed by POTUS.
The government’s hands are NOT tied.
The mayor of Houston spent his resources worrying about illegals instead of protecting his city from hurricanes.
The governor of California spends his resources worrying about global warming instead of protecting his state from fires.
These worthless Democrats are always trying to run for god instead of doing their jobs.
70 dead in California.
These fires started the day that the Sierra Club got their 503 (c) status from the Federal government/IRS.
EVERY SINGLE person that has donated even ONE dollar to that group & others like Western Watershed are guilty of creating this mess.
“Californians LOVE the environmental movement.”
Your derision is misplaced.
This is entirely up to the US Congress, and always has been.”””
You apparently are NOT familiar with the constant stream of lawsuits that the enviro groups bring against the US & the taxpayers.
“You apparently are NOT familiar with the constant stream of lawsuits that the enviro groups bring against the US & the taxpayers.”
Sure I am. Everyone is.
And they are all based on laws passed by the US Congress. And all through Federal courts that the US Congress says can decide such issues.
You seem unfamiliar with the underlying enabling laws.
Many other states seem to manage their forests just fine but Democratically run California can’t seem to do anything well. Why would anyone want to continue paying into this state.
56. Home owner. Father of 4. Worked my ass off to turn PA Red for Trump.
Go ahead and take your cheap shot at me.
The fact is California is a malignant Blue cancer killing itself and spreading to adjoining states.
Thanks for nothing.
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