Trump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribes
•Trump has approved a significant reduction in the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.
•Each monument will lose nearly 1.5 million acres, allowing for development by the oil and gas industry.
•This decision reverses protections put in place by previous administrations, impacting lands sacred to many Native Americans.
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldBears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose ‘close to a million and a half acres each’ and open land to developers and oil industry
Donald Trump has approved a sharp reduction in the size of two national monuments in Utah held sacred by many Native Americans, in the latest move to open US public land to corporate developers and the oil and gas industry.
The two monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, will see a reduction of “close to a million and a half acres each”, Trump said during an executive order signing event on Monday, undoing protections established by former presidents.
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→Trump has approved a significant reduction in the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.
→Each monument will lose nearly 1.5 million acres, allowing for development by the oil and gas industry.
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