Trump administration reviews national monument boundaries to boost energy production, reversing protections.

The Trump administration is reviewing and may redraw the boundaries of national monuments to boost energy production, sparking concerns among conservationists. This could affect sites like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, which contain coal and uranium reserves. Biden later restored protections for these areas, but the legality of Trump’s authority to change monument boundaries remains unclear and is part of a legal case.

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