Trump’s War on Environment Continues Despite Government Shutdown

Center for Biological Diversity
October 20, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: United States

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration is continuing its anti-environment agenda by prioritizing fossil fuel production, border wall construction and other destructive programs during a government shutdown that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay. While most government functions have stopped as the shutdown enters its fourth week, work continues to process oil and gas permits and advance logging in national forests. Some of the environmentally harmful programs operating through the shutdown include: Logging in national forests continues as the U.S. Forest Service works to further timber sales; The Forest Service continues to approve mining projects, including an exploration permit in Montana; The Bureau of Land Management is processing oil and gas drilling permits and coal mining projects; and The Environmental Protection Agency’s pesticides office remains open and work continues to expedite approval of the dangerous pesticide dicamba.

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