I was a lurker back in Clinton’s day and a coal co. found a bunch of coal in a certain part of Utah and was working out the details of starting a mining operation. Clinton declared that area a National Monument and the Feds took it over. I hope my memory is correct and I don’t know how to check, anyone with more info or know how I would be happy to know if I remember correctly. Thanks.
Close but not exact.
The land in question was not “taken over” by the feds. It was already BLM land and had been public domain since 1848,
What Clinton did was declare it to be a National Monument rather than BLM land and thus subject to a higher degree of protection.
The proposed coal mine went by-bye.
I think it’s not totally unreasonable to point out that the coal isn’t going anywhere, and if we need it badly enough in the future Congress could simply pass a law allowing its exploitation.
Klinton wanted to repay his Chinese Communist supporters by removing good Utah coal fields from consideration as a viable energy source. We then began buying megatons of coal from China.
The state should be moving on taking that land now.
I wonder if the Chinese still own the Worthen Bank in Little Rock. They bought that so they could be close to their investments: Billy Goat and Hitlery.