Trump administration to review dozens of U.S. national monuments

[bucolic_frolic]

Source: Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday will order a review of national monuments created over the past 20 years with an aim toward rescinding or resizing some of them - part of a broader push to reopen areas to drilling, mining and other development.

The move comes as Trump seeks to reverse a slew of environmental protections ushered in by former President Barack Obama that he said were hobbling economic growth - an agenda that is cheering industry but enraging conservationists.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told reporters on Tuesday Trump's executive order would require him to conduct the review of around 30 national monuments and recommend which designations should be lifted or resized over the coming months. He said he would seek feedback from Congressional delegations, governors and local stakeholders before making his recommendations.

"I am not going to predispose what the outcome is going to be," Zinke said. Rescinding or altering a national monument designation would be new ground for the government, he said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-interior-monuments-idUSKBN17S03N

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Trump will upset anything and everything he encounters.
This is about control and dominance.
Politically dictatorship is at the roots.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Note Zinke is not seeking input from the public

just governors and corporations.

THis is THEFT.

He's trying to do this below the radar, making it into a private property issue

rather than a matter of public lands.

RESIST!

IMPEACH 2018!

[Angry Dragon]

20. I noticed that also

I guess the American people don't matter

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Good God, this fool has no idea what the job of president entails...

[trusty elf]

3. Evil bastards

[GreenEyedLefty]

4. Better go see them before they're gone.

We're literally racing to see as many national parks and monuments as possible with our kids before they are sold off.

[lamp_shade]

5. It seems most of his EO's are simply orders to "study" the feasibility of

repealing laws and to report the results within a certain number of days.
I doubt most of them will ever make it to a vote. That's just IMO.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Hey that's pretty naive in my opinion

You should only believe anything these people say when their lips aren't moving.
You are being played at every opportunity.

Trump's intent is clear. We should be writing our Senators and Congressmen
demanding venues for the input of the PUBLIC on the disposition of our
public lands. No midnight transfers behind closed doors.

[lamp_shade]

8. Did you just call me naive? I simply stated that IMO, this EO

isn't going anywhere.

[Coventina]

14. I'll hold you to that. n/t

[LeftInTX]

18. Since National Monuments are created via EO's, I don't think they need a vote

[duncang]

7. Dipshit donnie

Should look at the monuments and statues put up after the civil war. Like the ones in New Orleans. I bet him and gorka were pissed they took that down.

[greymattermom]

9. I don't get the civil war thing

thousands died on both sides, and we should remember that. Should they take down the Vietnam memorial because we lost? There is a cemetery with over 3000 Confederate graves near where I live. Should we dig it up?

[CountAllVotes]

15. The Civil War

There were more losses in the Civil War than any other "war" that the USA has ever been involved. Losses were said to be ~850,000 persons. Where do we begin to dig? Under the nearest tree?

Bring it on again eh?

[duncang]

19. Note I said the ones like they are taking down in New Orleans

The one yesterday dedication chiseled in to it even said it was dedicated to White Supremacy. That is not acceptable to me. Also it was put up in 1891 dedicated not to the civil war but to armed coup attempt 2 years after the civil war was over to seize New Orleans.

Here is a pic of the one they took down.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028978980

These are monuments not graves. It's a strawman argument to equate the two.

[athena]

11. These are the national monuments:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Monuments_of_the_United_States#National_Monuments

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/25/525639393/trump-to-sign-executive-order-taking-aim-at-national-monuments

Most of them are not statues. There are no national monuments in New Orleans.

[CousinIT]

10. The corporations and billionaires want it ALL. ALL the land. ALL the resources. ALL the money.

EVERY. LAST. MILLIMETER.
EVERY. LAST. CENT.

G R E E D & P L U N D E R

"Rescinding or altering a national monument designation would be new ground for the government."

NEVER has the US had a government SO destructive to this country, its natural resources and monuments and its people.

[SujiwanKenobee]

12. Thus spake the man bored to tears by the idea of using Camp David

When we have a President who loathes the great outdoors unless it is a manicured golf course, what do you expect?
It's just "real estate", the "higher use" to be in making someone profits.

[Coventina]

13. Have I mentioned lately how much I hate this guy?

I don't even have adequate swear words to use.

I'm beyond speech......

[Bayard]

16. Lawsuits, lawsuits. and more lawsuits....

And restraining orders. Rump will get bored.

[bluestarone]

17. DRILL BABY DRILL

That's where this is headed in my opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!