Green groups sue Trump after monument reversal in Utah

Published December 5, 2017 1:03am ET



A group of 10 environmental and conservation groups began filing lawsuits against President Trump on Monday night for reversing the previous creation of two national monuments in Utah by former Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

The first lawsuit was filed against Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for Clinton’s 1996 creation, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

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