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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.

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[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pollution from rockets is peanuts compared to coal. Clearly it would be better if the space industry cared about the environment, but in the range of terrible environmental decisions the Trump regime has made, it's not the most egregious.

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