Author – The Durango Herald

Trump shrank a Utah monument for coal, but few care to dig

ESCALANTE, Utah – On the eastern end of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, narrow slot canyons shoot through the rocks in shades of terra-cotta red and pale peach. To the west stan...

DATE: Jan 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Trump administration proposes rule to relax carbon limits on power plants

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed rewriting pollution standards for power plants across the country, a move that could keep aging coal-fired plants running longer and slow the dec...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments

In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that these public lands boosted tourism and spurred archaeological discoveries, acc...

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Appeals court keeps uranium mining ban around Grand Canyon but allows nearby mine

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a 20-year ban on uranium mining around Grand Canyon National Park but ruled in a separate case that a uranium company could op...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Uranium firm sought access to Bears Ears, documents say

A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access to the area’s uranium deposits and help it...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. Forest Service didn’t call for pulling its land from Bears Ears, USDA nominee tells Senate Democrats

WASHINGTON – Two senior Senate Democrats want President Donald Trump to explain why he’s poised to remove protections for U.S. Forest Service land in the Bears Ears National Monument when th...

DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

President Trump to visit Utah on Monday

To announce plans to shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump seeks most ambitious regulatory rollback since Reagan

President Donald Trump has embarked on the most aggressive campaign against government regulation in a generation, joining with Republican lawmakers to roll back rules already on the books a...

DATE: Feb 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump sends law enforcement to help clear Dakota Access protesters from site

74 activists were arrested Wednesday

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump freezes federal hiring

No vacant positions can be filled, no new ones created

DATE: Jan 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump studies withdraw from global warming pact

President-elect: ‘Nobody really knows’ if climate change is real

DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Aide downplays Obama’s interest in high court seat

WASHINGTON – President Obama is not interested in sitting on the Supreme Court once he leaves office, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday. On Tuesday, a voter i...

DATE: Jan 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World