Trump aides look at shrinking at least 6 national monuments for mining, oil

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/24/trump-national-monument-reductions-mining-oil/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ1NDY3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ2ODQ5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDU0NjcyMDAsImp0aSI6ImQzOWVjOGMzLTZjNmItNDk5ZC04NDJiLTMxYTIyOWUwYWExNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvMDQvMjQvdHJ1bXAtbmF0aW9uYWwtbW9udW1lbnQtcmVkdWN0aW9ucy1taW5pbmctb2lsLyJ9.wP-Fnw4MScMLmpVidhArWpAqfbxFCGOsnZwfIe623K4

Interior Department officials are considering scaling back the boundaries of national monuments in the West to encourage energy development on public lands.

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waddle_dee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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Gerudo@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

How bout they continue to invest in renewable as well. You know, the fastest growing energy sector in even blood red Texas. There's fucktons of money to be had without drilling our national parks.

waddle_dee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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standarduser@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

The last places that deserve shrinkage is the national park system 😔 dammit.