"The White House has a goal to conserve 30% of US land and water by 2030 – Trump has different plans".

"A week after his presidential inauguration, Joe Biden cited the climate and biodiversity crises as reasons to set a sweeping new goal – to conserve at least 30% of America’s vast lands and waters by the end of the decade.

Three years on, new protections have spurred meaningful progress towards meeting the target by 2030.

Those efforts stretch from glacial lakes in Minnesota to tribal lands in arid New Mexico to huge expanses of the frigid Arctic and to archaeological sites on the doorstep of El Paso, Texas.

However, the potential return of Donald Trump to the White House now looms ominously over hopes to preserve further land and seascapes."

Oliver Milman reports for the Guardian with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon June 10, 2024. [2]