Tag: National Monument

Tweets circulated Tuesday showing "#NoDAPL" spray-painted in black on the WWII Memorial. (Screenshot via Twitter)

Energy and Environment

Anti-pipeline slogan spraypainted on WWII Memorial

Kyle Feldscher · November 8, 2016 6:41 pm

"Making a monument is not an executive branch function. I think these monuments show how invasive it is," Rob Bishop told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)

Rep. Bishop: Time to reassert the power of Congress

Kyle Feldscher · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

Win or lose, the height of Donald Trump's hotel pales in comparison to the Hughes Memorial Tower. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Trump will never tower over Washington

Jason Russell · September 15, 2016 12:00 pm

Monument off the coast of Cape Cod will protect 4,913 square miles of marine ecosystems, White House says. (AP Photo/William J. Kole)

Energy and Environment

Obama to announce first Atlantic Ocean monument

John Siciliano · September 15, 2016 4:01 am

Umi Kai uses a traditional Hawaiian hook to catch a fish at the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii. House Natural Resources chairman said, President Obama's decision to expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii will cause "great harm" to local industry and fisheries. (Keola Lindsey/Office of Hawaiian Affairs via AP)

Energy and Environment

Rep. Bishop blasts Obama’s marine monument

John Siciliano · August 26, 2016 5:38 pm

President Obama on Friday will expand a marine national monument off the Northwest Hawaiian Islands to make it the world's largest marine protected area, encompassing nearly 600,000 square miles and thousands of species of sea life, including endangered sea turtles, whales and black coral beds. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy and Environment

Obama creates world’s largest marine monument

Susan Crabtree · August 26, 2016 4:06 am

The National Park Service plans to remodel the Washington Monument's elevator system that could require a closure lasting as long as nine months. (AP Photo)

Washington Monument likely closed until September, but more closures coming

Mariana Barillas · August 24, 2016 9:00 pm

Angus King, who praised the designation as a chance for an improvement in the recreation economy in central Maine, urged state residents to be open to the change. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Maine senator backs new monument

Kyle Feldscher · August 24, 2016 6:57 pm

The national monument designation is the culmination of about 15 years of work by Roxanne Quimby, who started buying up land east of Baxter State Park in 2001. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama declares new national monument in Maine woods

Kyle Feldscher · August 24, 2016 3:30 pm

According to the Bangor Daily News, Roxanne Quimby, who co-founded Burt's Bees, donated more than 87,000 acres to the federal government Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Burt’s Bees founder paves the way for Maine monument with land donation

Kyle Feldscher · August 23, 2016 6:25 pm

Obama designates first LGBT monument

Nicole Duran · June 24, 2016 4:01 pm

President Obama is holding listening sessions with the LGBT community as he considers designating the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and an adjoining park as the first LGBT rights monument. (AP Photo)

White House mum on possibility of first LGBT monument

Susan Crabtree · May 31, 2016 9:32 pm