SALT LAKE CITY – Environmentalists sued the federal government Friday claiming 35 oil and gas leases on the doorstep of Bears Ears, Canyons of the Ancients and Hovenweep National Monuments were handed out without analysis to align with President Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
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