Tag: National Monument

Sanders reiterated several times that the federal government had no role in the contract award and that it was a decision made solely by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke urges Trump to cut two more national monuments

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2017 9:16 pm

Two Utah Republicans, Reps. John Curtis and Chris Stewart, support President Trump's decision to split Bears Ears (pictured) and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments into several parks and aim to enshrine the changes into law, while adding new rules and protections. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Utah Republicans introduce bills to enshrine Trump monument rollback into law

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2017 7:31 pm

Fact Check: Was Trump’s Reduction of Two National Monuments in Utah Illegal?

Holmes Lybrand · December 5, 2017 5:07 pm

REI, another outdoor gear company, responded to the president's order in a similar fashion, lending a portion of their website's homepage to question the president's order. (Screenshot/Patagonia.com)

Energy and Environment

Patagonia slams Trump over national monument rollback: ‘The President Stole Your Land’

Mandy Mayfield · December 5, 2017 4:34 pm

Supporters of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments gathered during a rally Saturday in Salt Lake City. Two days later, President Trump announced plans to shrink the two sprawling national monuments in Utah that were created by past Democratic presidents. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Beltway Confidential

The Left’s new anthem: This land is ‘our’ land

Pete Kasperowicz · December 5, 2017 12:00 pm

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. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Energy and Environment

Green groups sue Trump after monument reversal in Utah

John Siciliano · December 5, 2017 1:03 am

Protesters were stopped from marching up State Street in Salt Lake City on Monday during President Trump's announcement to eliminate vast portions of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Energy and Environment

Tribes to sue Trump over shrinking of Bears Ears monument

Josh Siegel · December 4, 2017 11:22 pm

Trump Reduces the Size of Two Utah National Monuments

Andrew Egger · December 4, 2017 10:10 pm

The president traveled to Utah on Monday to announce his decision to scale back the stateâs Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Protesters chanting ‘F—k you, Trump’ greet president at Utah State Capitol

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 7:53 pm

If the moves survive anticipated legal challenges, they would represent the largest removal of national monument protection in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Trump announces he will shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase monuments in Utah

Josh Siegel · December 4, 2017 7:38 pm

Bears Ears National Monument is one of five national monuments that Trump is seeking to shrink that have Forest Service land as part of their designation. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP file, File)

Energy and Environment

Debbie Stabenow, Michael Bennet warn Trump not to include Forest Service land in shrinking of Bears Ears

Josh Siegel · December 1, 2017 9:04 pm

Any honest reading of the Antiquities Act reveals that it was created to protect "landmarks," "structures," and "objects" -- not vast swaths of land. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump to visit Utah Monday to announce shrinking of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase monuments: Reports

Josh Siegel · November 28, 2017 9:27 pm