Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland, has just taken Action to Revoke Multiple Trump-era Orders, including Orders designed to Fast-Track Offshore Oil and Gas Leases.

Haaland has also Issued an Order to Strengthen Enforcement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which Requires Review of Environmental Impacts ahead of Pipelines, Highways, and Drilling Projects on Public Lands, and the Opportunity for Affected Communities to give Input on the Projects and Potential Alternatives.

It's also Proof that when the Environmental Movement turns Out, we can make real Change.

Earlier, Haaland returned from a Visit to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Mational Monuments. There is an Urgent need to Protect these Sites and others like the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

In the years since Trump gutted Protections, Fossils and Remnants of Native American Settlements have been Vandalized. Graffiti has been Scribbled over Ancient Rock Art. They've been Opened-Up to the Threat of Mining. Success is going to Depend on Grassroots Pressure.

Bears Ears represents Critical Sacred, Cultural, and Natural Heritage for Tribal Communities within the Region. Five Tribes: the Navajo; the Hopi; the Mountain Ute, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah; Ouray Reservation; and the Pueblo of Zuni, have Led the Fight to Protect these Sacred Spaces from Big Polluters.

The Fight isn't going to End with these Monuments.

Shortly after Inauguration, President Biden issued an Executive Order calling for the Conservation of, 30% of U.S. Lands and Waters by 2030. The Plan has a Real Shot at making Access to Nature more Equitable, so that All People in this Country have Access to Green Spaces, regardless of Race or Zip Code.

With Deb Haaland running the Interior Department, we have a Conservation Champion driving this Plan forward.

Right now, only 12% of U..S Lands are Permanently Protected, and about 23% of Coastal Waters. We're talking about Doubling the Amount of Protected Lands, working with Local Communities to Expand and Create New National and State Parks and other Protected Landscapes, and significantly Expanding the Ocean areas Off-Limits to Drilling and other Threats.

This could be the Most Significant Conservation effort in U.S. History, but Not if we hit Roadblocks now with Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts.

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