Article 3EXG5 Former national monuments shrunk by Trump to be opened for mining claims

Former national monuments shrunk by Trump to be opened for mining claims

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Alastair Gee in San Francisco
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3EXG5)

Presidential order reduced protections for land once part of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments

Hundreds of thousands of acres of land that were part of two US national monuments shrunk by Donald Trump are being opened on Friday to mining claims for uranium and other minerals.

It is a symbolic step in a broader conflict over the fate of America's public lands, on which Trump hopes to encourage greater access for extractive industries.

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