An industry that President Trump has expanded during his time in office is largely unaffected by the shutdown: The oil and gas industry has been able to get drilling permits approved for public land. As Cooper McKim (@coopermckim) from Wyoming Public Media reports, that’s because some U.S. Department of the Interior employees who process those permits have been declared exempt from furloughs.
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