Bears Ears Archives

Scott Pruitt speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House after President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, June 1st, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Environment

Oil and Gas Ties Run Deep in the Trump Administration

Given the connections to the oil and gas industry within the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Interior, rollbacks to environmental protections should come as no surprise.

Jared Keller

Convening Tribes gather below the Bears Ears buttes.

Environment

What Native Americans Stand to Lose If Trump Opens Up Public Lands for Business

Trump's decision to roll back Utah's national monument protections is as much a threat to tribal sovereignty as it is to the environment.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

Trump Declares Massive Downsizing of National Monuments in Utah

The decision is sure to face legal challenges from conservation groups and Native American tribes.

Kate Wheeling

Ancient granaries, part of the House on Fire ruins, are shown here in the South Fork of Mule Canyon in the Bears Ears National Monument on May 12th, 2017, outside Blanding, Utah.

Social Justice

The Unprecedented Dismantling of a National Monument

After recommending that Bears Ears National Monument be reduced in size, one thing is clear: Ryan Zinke is nothing like Teddy Roosevelt.

Jimmy Tobias