Trump’s Interior moves to loosen protections on mining
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Iconic Grand Canyon watershed put at risk by Trump effort to gut mining protections
Late today, the Interior Department announced it would try to fast-track permits to open more places owned by the American public to minerals mining. The announcement comes just a day ahead of a House hearing to advance legislation to protect the Grand Canyon region from the contaminating effects of proposed mining.
Drew McConville, senior managing director of The Wilderness Society said:
“Just as Congress considers a bill to protect the Grand Canyon landscape from new mining impacts, the Trump Administration is putting existing safeguards for these lands and many others on the chopping block. Targeting treasured lands and waters for mining under the guise of national security is an outrageous assault on our shared American inheritance. Congress must act to permanently protect the Grand Canyon region and stop this Administration’s reckless sellout of our lands and waters before it’s too late.”
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