Trump Administration Moves to Open Former Protected Lands For Drilling

Yale e360
Aug 17, 2018, 3:16 pm172 pts
The Trump administration has announced plans to open up nearly 700,000 acres of former federally protected lands in Utah for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and mineral extraction, The Salt Lake Tribune and other news outlets reported. The land was previously part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National…

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