The order also rolls back some changes to the National Environmental Policy Act that went into effect last September under the Trump administration,
and prioritizes study of the social costs of greenhouse gases, or “estimates in dollars of the long-term damages done by [greenhouse gases] in a given year.”
Order No. 3398 is more technical. It negates a number of “energy dominance” actions taken under the Trump administration that expanded oil and gas development on public lands.
Haaland’s order reinstates a moratorium on federal coal reserve sales that was implemented under the Obama administration. Trump struck that policy down, and Haaland’s order puts it back into play, although perhaps not immediately. An Interior Department agency spokesperson told MarketWatch that it “does not automatically resurrect the coal moratorium” and that the agency is “continuing to review an appropriate path going forward.”
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Biden is poised to expand Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments The real question is by how much?
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5PM: We all want pretty much the same thing, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says after Bears Ears tour
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BLANDING Interior Secretary Deb Haaland stood shoulder to shoulder between Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Sen. Mitt Romney on Thursday while staring out to the Butler Wash Ruins Overlook in the highly disputed Bears Ears National Monument area.
They gazed off at the cliff face, where beneath a shaded arch stood the ruins of cliff dwellings that were built and occupied by Anasazi Indians 700 years ago.
Haaland, the governor, the senator and Utah Rep. Blake Moore chatted privately among themselves, appreciating the history and geological wonders before them. The mood was casual and relaxed throughout the short hike to and from the ruins, as Haaland and her entourage toured one the monument designation areas in Utah that s been the focus of highly contentious debates across now three presidential administrations.