>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

On Thursday the Bureau of Land Management approved the expansion of a copper #mine on #PublicLands in #Utah. Earlier this week the #Interior Dept prepared to open >250,000 acres of land in #Wyoming & #Nebraska to #oil #drilling, & held a #coal lease sale for access to #Montana’s Powder River Basin. And at the #EPA, employees are finalizing a plan to allow more #mercury #emissions from coal plants, acc/to 2 people familiar with the work underway.

#Trump #law#EnvironmentalLaw#ClimateCrisis

>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