“The Renewable Fuel Standard is broken and needs comprehensive reform,” Frank Macchiarola, downstream director for the American Petroleum Institute, said after the decision. POWER PLAYSBears Ears National Monument, near Mexican Hat, Utah. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)--Monuments, minimized: President Trump intends to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by half, The Post’s Juliet Eilperin reports. Eilperin reports: "Grand Staircase-Escalante would be split into three areas known as Grand Staircase National Monument, Kaiparowits National Monument and Escalante Canyons National Monument. Bears Ears will be divided into Indian Creek National Monument and the Shash Jaa National Monument, the latter of which will include two well-known ruins, Moon House and Doll House."

Source: Washington Post December 01, 2017 13:07 UTC