Extractive-Industries

Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85% to open lands for extraction

2017-12-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President Trump ordered an 85 percent reduction of Bears Ears National Monument from 1.35 million acres to 201,397 acres, the largest rollback of conservation protections in U.S. history. The proclamation split the monument into two noncontiguous units (Indian Creek and Shash Jáa), opening …

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Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal

2002-05-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Bush administration’s Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jointly revise Clean Water Act regulations to classify mining debris and waste rock as “fill material” that can legally be dumped into streams and valleys. The rule change enables the coal …

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