Updated June 14
Interior secretary urges Biden to fully protect 3 national monuments weakened by Trump
Trump permitted commercial fishing on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, and removed most federal protections there.
By Juliet Eilperin and Joshua PartlowThe Washington Post
Native American tribes are fighting to protect Bears Ears in Utah. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post
WASHINGTON Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has recommended in a confidential report that President Biden restore full protections to three national monuments diminished by President Donald Trump, including Utah’s Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and a huge marine reserve off New England. The move, described by two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it was not yet public, would preserve about 5 million acres of federal land and water.
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Send Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Entergy Arkansas Inc. CEO Rick Riley and others at the commissioning of the Stuttgart Solar Energy Center in Almyra (Arkansas County). (Entergy Arkansas Inc.)
Our state’s largest electric utility, Entergy Arkansas, is currently deciding how it will power its customers over the next 20 years. Will Entergy Arkansas choose affordable, reliable and clean energy like solar and wind? Or will it choose to build dirty, fracked gas power plants that will worsen climate change while saddling ratepayers with risky assets and volatile energy prices? Entergy is at a crossroads. Leo Denault, the CEO of Entergy Corp., the parent company of Entergy Arkansas, needs to choose the path of clean energy because it will grow our economy and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change while improving our air, water and public health.
Haaland recommends restoring original boundaries for Utah s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A portion of the historic Stonewall Inn, commonly regarded as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, faces being put back on the commercial