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      Avi Kwa Ame National Monument

      ​New Biden Monument Designations Don't Make Up for Disastrous Willow Approval: Critics

      "We cannot save more nature if the federal government continues to approve destructive oil and gas operations like the Willow project," said one campaigner.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 21, 2023

      Conservation advocates on Tuesday credited yearslong campaigns led by Indigenous groups and other frontline organizers with pushing President Joe Biden to designate two new national monuments in the southwestern U.S., but they also emphasized that the gesture cannot negate the environmental damage that the White House set in motion last week when it approved ConocoPhillips' Willow oil drilling project.

      Biden announced new protections for a large portion of Avi Kwa Ame—also known as Spirit Mountain—in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada, and the Castner Range near El Paso, Texas.

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