Powered by RebelMouse
Print Friendly and PDF
The looting of America’s public lands
www.nytimes.com

The looting of America’s public lands

Strong NYT editorial; mixes well with The Nation's reporting on public lands plunder.

0 min read
Mr. Trump thinks the environment has gotten too good a deal, so he eliminated two million acres from national monuments in Utah.

About the author(s):

Peter Dykstra

Peter Dykstra has worked on environmental issues for decades. He is based in Conyers, Ga., and is a former publisher and weekend editor at Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. He is a contributor to Public Radio International’s Living On Earth.

https://twitter.com/pdykstra
Mr. Trump thinks the environment has gotten too good a deal, so he eliminated two million acres from national monuments in Utah.
Grand Staircase Escalante National MonumentUS PoliticsWildernessWilderness AreasScott PruittDonald TrumpBears Ears National Monument (Utah)Bears Ears ButtesOpinionGrand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Utah)United States Politics and Governmentnytimes.compoliticspublilc lands
Become a donor
Today's top news

Displaced and distraught: East Palestine remains at risk and without answers

EHN visited residents still picking up the pieces four months after a catastrophic train derailment dumped toxics in East Palestine, Ohio.

Smoke clouds bring a warning: There’s no escaping climate’s threat to health

www.washingtonpost.com
Trending Topics
From our newsroom

Opinion: Restoring our waters is restoring ourselves

Using water quality research to bring healing and sovereignty to the Apsáalooke.

Opinión: Restaurar nuestras aguas es restaurarnos a nosotros mismos

Usar la investigación de la calidad del agua para sanar y dar soberanía a los Apsáalooke.

EHN welcomes two summer interns to focus on plastic pollution and Spanish-speaking communities

Allison Guy, a longtime writer and communicator in the environmental nonprofit space, and Andy Damián-Correa, a student majoring in bilingual Spanish journalism at San Francisco State University, will join our team for summer.

US lead pipe replacements stoke concerns about plastic and environmental injustice

In a federal push for lead line replacement, regrettable substitutions like PVC piping must be avoided, say health experts.

Opinion: Supreme Court undoing 50 years’ worth of environmental progress

The Supreme Court has taken a brazen anti-regulatory turn. It’s our planet and health that will suffer.