House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists who called it a betrayal that could lead to drilling, mining and logging in sensitive areas.

    • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      nah, they’d be fine destroying the planet anyway. politics just provides them with an enemy. take the enemy away, and they’d just find another way to keep on being the idiotic, annoying contrarians they’re destined to be.