18-09-2017 22:22 via theguardian.com

10 national monuments at risk under Trump's administration

The US interior secretary has identified a total of 10 national monuments to reshape or repurpose in order to allow for logging, mining and grazingMore national monuments should be opened for exploitation, Zinke says
A total of 10 US national monuments are in the Trump administration’s sights to be either resized or repurposed, in order to allow activities such as mining, logging and grazing within their borders. Environmental groups have vowed legal action to stymie any alterations to the
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