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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Dobkin

Trump White House sued over plan to blast famed cliffs for oil truck highway

The Trump administration plans to blast famed cliffs in eastern Utah that contain historic inscriptions to make way for an oil-transporting highway, and are now being sued over the project.

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit last week against the Bureau of Land Management and its parent agency, the Interior Department, in a Utah federal court, claiming that its decision to allow Duchesne County officials to destroy the cliff walls of Gate Canyon violated several environmental and cultural preservation laws.

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