U.S. Department of the Interior
On August 17, just hours after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was exposed for trying to sell off 1,600 acres that had been illegally removed from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Department of the Interior reversed its decision in the face of overwhelming public opposition. The deal would have unlawfully sold off public lands adjacent to acreage owned by an ally of President Trump who also happens to be a member of the Utah state legislature.
This gambit comes despite Zinke consistently stating -- including at his confirmation hearing -- that he would not sell off public lands.
“No matter how hard he tries, Ryan Zinke will never be able to disregard the voices of the American people," says Lena Moffitt, director of the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign. "Our public lands are for everyone, not just for Zinke and Trump to sell to their friends for profit."
Read more here and here -- and take action to keep drilling and mining out of Grand Staircase-Escalante.