With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy

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[QUOTE]President Obama on Wednesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political fights over the fate of the areas.

The designations further cement Obama’s environmental legacy as one of the most consequential — and contentious — in presidential history. He has invoked his executive power to create national monuments 29 times during his tenure, establishing or expanding protections for more than 553 million acres of federal lands and waters.[/QUOTE]

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[Deathtrooper2]

Trying to save as much parts of the US from going to shit once Trump removes environmental regulations.

[Occlusion2018]

Fantastic. Really sad to see him go :(

[Sableye]

too bad you can still drill for oil in national monuments.

[EmperorScorpious]

[quote]Environmental groups have praised the conservation efforts, but critics say they amount to a federal land grab. Some worry that the new designations could fuel another armed protest by antigovernment forces inspired by the Cliven Bundy family, such as the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year.[/quote]

Just cannot possibly win them all, there always must be an opposition somehow...