EP 140: Understanding National Monument Designations & Utah Tribe Blasts Biden's Ban on Oil & Gas Leases
In Episode 140 of District of Conservation, Gabriella breaks down President Biden's executive order restoring Bears Ears and Grand-Escalante Staircase to pre-2017 levels and discusses one Utah tribe fighting back against Biden's Interior Department for shutting down oil and gas leases on tribal lands in response to Secretarial Order 3395 banning new federal oil & gas leases for 60 days.
\nSHOW NOTES
\nPresident Biden's Executive Order, Section 3 - January 20th, 2021
\n\nBrookings Institution - Trump had power to shrink national monuments
\nAEI: President authority to shrink, enlarge national monuments
\n\nThe Hill Oped on National Monuments
\nAZ Fish & Game on National Monuments
\nUte Tribe Condemns Secretarial Order 3395 Banning New Oil & Gas Leases
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