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John Leshy: Utah wants to disable the law that led to the creation of four of its magnificent National Parks
A lawsuit all but invited by the country’s chief justice threatens one the most consequential authorities granted to presidents by Congress.
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Deb Haaland wants to restore national monuments slashed by Trump
Deb Haaland, the interior secretary, has advised President Biden to reinstate boundaries at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, and also in a marine area off New England. All were reduced by former President Donald J. Trump.
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The promise and pressures of Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary
As interior secretary, Ms. Haaland runs an agency once responsible for eradicating the homes, the culture and often the lives of Indigenous people.
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U.S. Interior Department has overflowing to-do list on public lands, Trump rollbacks
Public lands are set to play a pivotal role in the Biden administration's ambitious climate change agenda.
Restoring environmental rules rolled back by Trump could take years
President Biden has promised to reinstate more than 100 rules and regulations aimed at environmental protection that his predecessor rolled back. It won’t happen overnight.
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On U.S. public lands, can Biden undo what Trump has wrought?
President Joe Biden has an ambitious public lands agenda, vowing to ban new oil and gas drilling on federal territory and restore protections. But because of rules changes and a conservative court makeover, reversing the Trump legacy will not be easy.
Biden set to restore Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante to pre-Trump size
Little on-the-ground damage to the Utah public lands has been seen since they were shrunk in 2017. But conservationists say the sooner they can be properly protected again, the better.
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