Deb Haaland in Utah Thursday and Friday
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Some good news from the Utah environmental scene (for a change).
New Secretary of Interior coming to Utah to check out the monuments and listen to the Utah politicians whine about federal heavy handedness. F**k them.
Something satisfying about having our nation's first Native American Interior Secretary deciding on the monument that was requested by five different tribes.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/04/05/interior-secretary-de...
Maybe she can cruise by Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park on the way down, where a judge recently ordered more analysis on the expansion of the nearby coal mine.
Judge taps brakes on Utah coal mine expansion, orders climate change analysis
Plan for Alton operation in Kane County now will be reviewed under a more eco-friendly Biden administration
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/03/27/judge-taps-brakes-utah/
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Actually Secretary Haaland is
Actually, Secretary Haaland is already there, having visited rock art today.
"Today I was able to visit the ancient petroglyphs at Sand Island Petroglyphs with @BLMNational staff in Utah.
Estimated to be between 300 and 3,000 years old, these images are located in an area that was part of the original Bears Ears Monument designation."
Here's her twitter feed https://twitter.com/SecDebHaaland
and the feed from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance https://twitter.com/SouthernUTWild
The SUWA feed also documents more great reporting from Zak Podmore how San Juan County got milked by a public lands attorney John W. Howard.
"Howard charged the county $50 for the time it took him to write that email and $150 for the 18 minutes it took him to read the article when it was published."
For years, rural Utah counties have taken federal aid and used it to sue the feds on public land issues instead of for the infrastructure needs they're supposed to address.