>700,000 federal employees have been sidelined & thousands more are at risk of being fired as the #government #shutdown drags on.

But the workers responsible for carrying out #Trump’s plans for more #FossilFuels & less #wind & #solar power are still hard at work. Some are approving permits for companies that want to extract #metals, #coal, #oil & #gas from #PublicLands & federal #waters. Others are rolling back limits on the #GreenhouseGas #emissions that are driving #ClimateChange.

#law

>700,000 federal employees have been sidelined & thousands more are at risk of being fired as the #government #shutdown drags on.

But the workers responsible for carrying out #Trump’s plans for more #FossilFuels & less #wind & #solar power are still hard at work. Some are approving permits for companies that want to extract #metals, #coal, #oil & #gas from #PublicLands & federal #waters. Others are rolling back limits on the #GreenhouseGas #emissions that are driving #ClimateChange.

#law

The #Government Is #ShutDown. But Not for #FossilFuels.

Federal workers who issue permits for oil, #gas & #mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal #pollution limits.

#Trump #law#EnvironmentalLaw #regulations#ClimateCrisis
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