More than 2.7 million acres of iconic US landscape could be at risk from fossil fuel exploration following Donald Trump’s decision to review protections on national monuments, an Energydesk investigation can reveal. Trump issued an executive order last month requiring the Department of Interior to review 27 monuments designated since 1996 –
Trump Order Could Open Up Area Larger Than Yellowstone To Drilling
An area of protected land larger than Yellowstone national park could be at risk from drilling – with six national monuments affected by the executive order sitting above known or potential reserves of oil, gas and coal.
And Lawrence Carter
