The outdoor retailer Patagonia says it’s prepared to sue if the Trump Administration tries to revoke any of the country’s national monuments. Trump has ordered an unprecedented review by the Department of Interior of all national monuments established under the 1906 Antiquities Act in the last two decades.
“A president does not have the authority to rescind a national monument,” Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario said in a statement. “We’re watching the Trump administration’s actions very closely and preparing to take every step necessary, including legal action, to defend our most treasured public landscapes from coast to coast.”
This isn’t Patagonia’s first political stand. The company spent $1 million on a get-out-the-vote campaign last year and closed shop completely on Election Day, according to Grist. No fan of Trump, the retailer donated $10 million of its Black Friday sales to environmental groups.
When the Trump administration suggested that it might be willing to cancel or reconsider the 1.35-million acre Bears Ears National Monument established by President Obama in his final days in office, Patagonia vowed to “fight with everyone we have” in order to keep the monument in place.
And “in February, the company pulled out of a major outdoor retailer trade show in Salt Lake City to boycott legislation signed by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R), formally petitioning the White House to undo the designation,” says Grist.