For This Polluting Industry, the Trump Shutdown Is Still 'Business as Usual'

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By Lorraine ChowJan 9, 2019, 2:02 pm301 pts
The government shutdown has left thousands of federal employees without a paycheck, but the Trump administration is making sure energy companies can continue with plans to extract fossil fuels from public lands. Even though the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is closed during the shutdown,…

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For This Polluting Industry, the Trump Shutdown Is Still 'Business as Usual'

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