Trump urged to revoke Obama’s
Executive Orders earmarking 533 million acres as National Monuments, 11/25/16,
The song “This Land is Your Land,
This Land is My Land…” under the Obama administration. During
Obama’s ‘reign’ he designated at least 553 million acres of land and water as
national monuments. Now, land activists are asking Donald Trump to
‘undesignate’ much of that same land so that the United States can expand its
energy exploration.
The Washington
Times reports
– Western lands activists are urging Donald Trump to test the limits of
executive power by revoking millions of acres that President Obama set aside as
national monuments, setting up a landmark legal battle over one of the nation’s
most frequently used environmental protections.
Such a
step would be historic. No president has undesignated a national monument
created by his predecessor, and it’s unclear whether he has the authority to do
so.
But Obama
administration critics say now is the time to try to establish a precedent.
They say Mr. Obama has wildly abused presidential power in using the 1906
Antiquities Act to cordon off huge swaths of land and sea — mostly along the
West and East coasts — to prevent energy exploration. In total, he has
earmarked at least 553 million acres of land and water as national monuments,
far more than any other president.
National
monument markings prohibit oil and gas drilling and coal mining, meaning Mr.
Obama has used his monument authority to effectively shut down huge areas of
potential energy exploration and has drawn praise from environmental activists
in the process.
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