Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Interior Department emails that came to light on Friday confirm that protecting companies' ability to mine oil, gas, and coal was a primary concern as the agency moved to shrink two national monuments in Utah last year. 'We've long known that Trump and Zinke put polluter profits ahead of our clean air, clean water, public health, and coastal economies. This is more proof,' Alex Taurel of the League of Conservation Voters said in a statement.
Another document showed officials asking staffers to compile information on 'annual production of coal, oil, gas, and renewables on site amount of energy transmission infrastructure on site ' and to examine how President Barack Obama's decision to create Utah's national monuments had prevented mining in the area. Bears Ears National Monument was the subject of an email from an aide to Sen.
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