FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2021
DENVER—Hours before his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden announced a comprehensive review of the Trump administration’s environmental legacy, including dozens of policies, actions, and legal opinions that affect America’s parks and public lands.
The Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Executive Director Jennifer Rokala:
“This announcement shows President Biden is making good on his campaign promises to protect America’s land and water for future generations, address climate change head-on, and erase the Trump administration’s horrific environmental actions. The list of policies to be reviewed is rightfully long.
“Incoming Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and her team will need to work quickly but carefully to ensure these destructive policies are reversed or unwound in a way that stands up to the inevitable legal challenges from polluters, oil companies, and others who seek to exploit America’s public land.
“We look forward to President Biden taking swift and decisive action to protect places like Bears Ears, the Arctic, and habitat for the spotted owl. This day one list is a strong down payment on the future of our public lands.”
LEARN MORE
- Trump rolled back more than 125 environmental safeguards. Here’s how. [Washington Post]
- Inside Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s Wildly Destructive Track Record [Westwise]
- Tracking The Trump Administration’s Unfinished Business on Public Lands [Westwise]