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For Immediate Release Friday, January 29, 2021
WASHINGTON A coalition of 39 environmental groups have asked the U.S.Department of Agriculture to reconsider Trump administration Forest Service decisions. The request calls for the department to follow the lead of the Department of the Interior by reviewing all decisions for 60 days in light of the Biden administration s new priorities, including “to improve public health and protect our environment; to ensure access to clean air and water” and “to reduce greenhouse gas emission.”
“Right now, protecting our lands and waters absolutely has to start with putting Trump-era environmental policies under a microscope,” said Environment America Public Lands Director Ellen Montgomery. “For the ones that are not in the best interest of preservation and biodiversity, they should be consigned to the dustbin of history.”