Here from the Salt Lake Tribune.
“Trump tells Sen. Orrin Hatch that he’ll shrink Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument”
Here from the Salt Lake Tribune.
Here from the Salt Lake Tribune.
In The Hill, here.
Here is the WaPo article, with a link to the memo.
Memo here:
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By Jim Lyons, here.
An excerpt:
Imagine the businessman Donald Trump putting his real estate up for sale when the market was near the bottom. That’s the equivalent of what President Trump is doing with the oil and gas on our public lands. His misguided move to increase production in a soft energy market is bad for government revenues, not necessary for national security and likely to damage natural resources that millions of Americans use and enjoy.
Here.
Here is the press release that omits any actual recommendations. Here is the report summary that also says nothing.
But this excerpt asks us readers to assume that comments by supporters of national monuments should be ignored because they are merely statements “orchestrated” by “national . . . organizations”:
Comments received were overwhelmingly in favor of maintaining existing monuments and demonstrated a well orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple organizations.
Update: news coverage from earlier today quoting a Utah politician attacking national monument supporters as “rock lickers” — an excerpt:
Mike Noel, a Utah state representative, said that reducing or eliminating Bears Ears would be “a victory for our state.” Federal management of land in his state had constrained drilling, mining and grazing, he said, adding that Washington had no business setting aside so much land for the strict protection that monument status affords.
“When you turn the management over to the tree-huggers, the bird and bunny lovers and the rock lickers, you turn your heritage over,” Mr. Noel said.
Here.
Here.
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