Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose \u2018close to a million and a half acres each\u2019 and open land to developers and oil industry<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has approved a sharp reduction in the size of two national monuments in Utah held sacred by many Native Americans, in the latest move to open US public land to corporate developers and the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n
The two monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, will see a reduction of \u201cclose to a million and a half acres each\u201d, Trump said during an executive order signing event on Monday, undoing protections established by former presidents.<\/p>\n
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