Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.
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Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.

The proposal encroaches on a marine preserve, and French Polynesia banned seabed mining in 2022.
The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.
French Polynesia says it was approached, but not consulted about a Bay Area startup's plan to explore seabed mining near its marine preserve.
From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous advocates say their voices are too often ignored.
The state’s first Superfund research center is looking into how climate change is resurfacing industrial pollution.
The state’s first Superfund research center is looking into how climate change is resurfacing industrial pollution.
Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining, and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.
Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining, and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.
Data centers have drawn vocal opposition at local public meetings and in state capitols across the U.S.