Ever since President Trump scaled back Bears Ears and Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monuments, many have wondered what comes next. Well, the U.S. Interior Department finalized plans to allow energy companies to use these public lands for extraction. The Trump administration will allow drilling, mining, and grazing where it was previously not allowed under the National…
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Tim DeChristopher found guilty
Tim DeChristopher has been found guilty of two felony counts for sabatoging a gas and oil lease auction in 2008. DeChristopher successfully bid on a dozen parcels that he never intended to pay for, in order to disrupt the process in protest of climate change. After the verdict was read, DeChristopher’s supporters cried and broke…