So when the current WH resident said: "dont believe what you see and hear" - this must be one of the issues he was talking about - right? It's odd that many of the people who believed that were NOT his voters! Gets more frustrating and terrifying every minute of every day.
Hot damn. No public input is a real FU to public landowners. This is spot on: "Even if the Velvet-Wood is never built, which is certainly possible given the volatility of the uranium market, the rushed approval sets a dangerous precedent. It shows that Burgum and the rest of the Trump administration see the public’s land as nothing more than an “asset” to be exploited and ravaged for corporate profit. And by shutting out public input, they show that they hold the American people in similar disregard.
Thank you Jonathan for covering this. I honestly don't know how you preserve your sanity in the midst of all these insults to and thefts of public lands, along with the cultural ramifications and harm to the beings of the ecosystem. A uranium mine project makes me long for the days when it was "just" cattle overgrazing and trampling the biocrust. Hopefully there's some sway from the current San Juan County commissioners that can influence this project.
So when the current WH resident said: "dont believe what you see and hear" - this must be one of the issues he was talking about - right? It's odd that many of the people who believed that were NOT his voters! Gets more frustrating and terrifying every minute of every day.
Hot damn. No public input is a real FU to public landowners. This is spot on: "Even if the Velvet-Wood is never built, which is certainly possible given the volatility of the uranium market, the rushed approval sets a dangerous precedent. It shows that Burgum and the rest of the Trump administration see the public’s land as nothing more than an “asset” to be exploited and ravaged for corporate profit. And by shutting out public input, they show that they hold the American people in similar disregard.
This is infuriating
Thank you Jonathan for covering this. I honestly don't know how you preserve your sanity in the midst of all these insults to and thefts of public lands, along with the cultural ramifications and harm to the beings of the ecosystem. A uranium mine project makes me long for the days when it was "just" cattle overgrazing and trampling the biocrust. Hopefully there's some sway from the current San Juan County commissioners that can influence this project.