Kate and Aaron nerd out with John Ruple, public lands professor at the University of Utah and a former member of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) about recent changes to how the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is being implemented across federal agencies, like the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service.

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• Trump’s new goal: Revive a major climate pollutant that power markets have turned against – Politico
  
• Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging – Associated Press
  
• Trump nominee for public lands post withdraws after her criticism of Jan. 6 attack surfaces – Associated Press
  
• Federal judge orders immediate thaw of climate, infrastructure funds – Politico
  

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Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 

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Music: Purple Planet

Featured image: Logging in national forest; USFS

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