Filmmaker James Redford on Trump Shrinking Monuments: His Playbook Is to Undo Whatever Obama Did

‘It’s just more of the same as far as I’m concerned’

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GEIST: "The group of environmental and conservation organizations have filed suit against the president’s monument changes. Joining us now, filmmaker James Redford. His newest film is the HBO documentary titled 'Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, which debuts this Monday, December the 11th. James, it’s great to have you with us. I want to talk about the film in jut a moment. But first the news out of Utah. For people who aren’t familiar with the story, this is not a marginal cut to the size of these monuments, this is a massive cut. And why is President Trump doing it?" 
REDFORD: "Well, you know, it just seems to me that the playbook is whatever President Obama did, undo it, across all — across the board. So it’s just more of the same as far as I’m concerned." 
GEIST: "And is it 2 million acres? Is that the number --" [crosstalk] 
REDFORD: "Two million acres." 

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