Trump plans to withdraw US from Paris climate pact, open some national monuments to drilling: report
November 8 – President-elect Donald Trump's transition team agrees to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement and reduce the size of some national monuments to allow for more drilling and mining. The New York Times reported on Friday that the United States has prepared an executive order and proclamation regarding the issue. Trump is […]
Kamala Harris’s San Francisco to Examine, Replace Up to 100 Monuments
The city of San Francisco, where Vice President Kamala Harris launched her political career, will evaluate about 100 monuments to decide whether to remove them or replace them with new ones. The debate over the city's monuments began with the 2018 removal of the “Early Days” sculpture from the Civic Center's Pioneers Monument because it […]
Biden expands 2 California national monuments in Pasadena and Sacramento
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the designation of two national monuments in California, following calls from tribal nations and indigenous community leaders for permanent protection of approximately 120,000 acres of important cultural and environmental lands. Expanded. These designations are part of the Democratic president’s “America the Beautiful” initiative launched in 2021 in line with […]
Biden to expand two California national monuments Thursday
President Biden will expand two new national monuments in California, the White House confirmed Thursday morning. President Obama first designated two monuments: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. White House officials confirmed that the expansion, which The Hill reported in April, will protect approximately 120,000 acres between the two monuments. […]
Israel’s Yad Vashem Dismayed at Covering of Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
The World Holocaust Remembrance Center (Yad Vashem) on Sunday expressed regret over reports that Holocaust memorials and memorials are being protected from looting by pro-Palestinian protesters in both the US and UK. did. The Israel-based organization noted that Holocaust memorials serve as “a solemn reminder of the unprecedented horrors perpetrated during one of the darkest […]
NC Supreme Court declines challenge to Confederate monument’s removal
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday declined to reopen a challenge to Asheville city leaders’ decision to remove a downtown monument honoring the Civil War-era governor in 2021. The state Supreme Court unanimously agreed that it was appropriate to dismiss a legal claim brought by a historic preservation group that helped raise funds to […]