The Dark Skies of Sacred Lands: Trump's Drilling Plan Threatens America's Cultural Heritage The Trump administration's push to expand oil and gas extraction across the US has long been a contentious issue.
However, its latest move – scrapping a drilling free buffer zone around the Chaco Culture national historical park in New Mexico – raises the stakes in a high stakes game of development versus preservation.
Chaco is a world heritage site and one of the most important cultural areas in the US, boasting a treasure trove of archaeological sites, including ruins of pueblos and settlements of the Indigenous Pueblo peoples.