Trump should leave national monuments as they are

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sometime today, as he looks to bolster a list of accomplishments before he hits the 100th day of his administration, President Trump is again expected to take out his pen and sign more executive orders.

For one expected order it’s a move that seeks not so much to get something done as to undo select accomplishments of his last three predecessors.

Trump is expected to require Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to review the national monument designations of Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama, with the intention of either seeing some of the those protected areas, both on land and water, eliminated or decreased in size.

The review and the potential elimination of monuments has been pressed by some Republicans, in particular, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who opposed Obama’s creation of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah last year. The objections stretch back as far as 1996 and Clinton’s creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

The monuments were designated under the 1906 Antiquities Act. Unlike national parks, which are created by acts of Congress, presidents are empowered by the Antiquities Act to set aside federal land to protect natural, cultural, historic or scientific features.

http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-trump-should-leave-national-monuments-as-they-are/?utm_source=DAILY+HERALD&utm_campaign=0921e7e415-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d81d073bb4-0921e7e415-228635337

[MFM008]

1. He needs to be slapped with so many lawsuits

he wont be able to count them all.

[catbyte]

2. Maybe if we promise to name all of them after him he'll leave them alone? I can see it now:

Trump Devil's Tower, etc. etc. etc...

[saidsimplesimon]

3. thank you, Yo Mama

This story should get more attention, imo. The rape of the environment just never ends.

I have noted that the Koch umbrella of companies includes Georgia-Pacific paper products. Koch also produces formaldehyde, a toxic chemical, and benefits from having the EPA gutted.

Other greedy individuals seek to start mining operations that will pollute the water, use the land for toxic, chemical and even nuclear waste and the beat goes on.

Here is a link to an old article in the New Yorker for anyone interested in more Koch.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations

COVERT OPERATIONS
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.
By Jane Mayer

[ailsagirl]

4. I suppose he wants to add his face to Mt. Rushmore??

Nothing is too preposterous, IMO