Monumental Injustice: Patagonia's Lawsuit Against Trump's Utah Land Grab Patagonia recently filed a lawsuit against President Trump's decision to shrink two national monuments in Utah, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante, by nearly 90%.
This move is a stark reminder of the ongoing struggle for environmental justice in the United States. The Trump administration's decision has been widely criticized as a betrayal of public trust.
The Antiquities Act, which gave Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton the power to create these monuments, contains no provision for undoing a designation once made.