Posted on Mar 21, 2023
Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and Texas
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https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/ [login to see] /biden-national-monuments-nevada-texas
President Biden on Tuesday will proclaim two vast swaths of land – one in Nevada, the other in West Texas – as national monuments, a designation that effectively preserves a total of nearly 514,000 acres of land from new development.
Biden also will start the process to designate 777,000 square miles around the Pacific islands southwest of Hawaii as a National Marine Sanctuary. Part of this area includes an existing marine national monument.
Biden had pledged to conserve more land when he took office. But lately, he has come under intense criticism from environmental groups for approving a new oil drilling project in Alaska. Some environmentalists argued the Willow project violated the administration's climate and conservation goals, even though the administration also announced it will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.
Biden's first new national monument was Camp Hale - Continental Divide, which he designated in Colorado in October.
President Biden on Tuesday will proclaim two vast swaths of land – one in Nevada, the other in West Texas – as national monuments, a designation that effectively preserves a total of nearly 514,000 acres of land from new development.
Biden also will start the process to designate 777,000 square miles around the Pacific islands southwest of Hawaii as a National Marine Sanctuary. Part of this area includes an existing marine national monument.
Biden had pledged to conserve more land when he took office. But lately, he has come under intense criticism from environmental groups for approving a new oil drilling project in Alaska. Some environmentalists argued the Willow project violated the administration's climate and conservation goals, even though the administration also announced it will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.
Biden's first new national monument was Camp Hale - Continental Divide, which he designated in Colorado in October.
Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and Texas
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Joe Biden
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Hawaii
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We have been fighting to protect Castner Range for decades. Judy would have loved to live long enough to see this happen but cancer took her early this year after a valiant fight.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel excellent decision.
..."But Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, who took office in January, complained that he was not consulted, calling the monument a "historic mistake." He said the protections would put rare earth mineral projects and other long-planned development at risk.
The White House said it reached out to Lombardo's office in January and said the Interior Department held public and private meetings and consultations in the state ahead of the announcement."...
..."But Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, who took office in January, complained that he was not consulted, calling the monument a "historic mistake." He said the protections would put rare earth mineral projects and other long-planned development at risk.
The White House said it reached out to Lombardo's office in January and said the Interior Department held public and private meetings and consultations in the state ahead of the announcement."...
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