The Trump administration stepped up its offensive Monday on California’s environmental laws, suing to reverse a state law that seeks to handcuff the federal government from selling any of the 45.8 million acres of property it controls in the state.

 

The Justice Department lawsuit, filed in Sacramento, is the latest federal effort to roll back California’s strict environmental protections as the Trump administration seeks to open more land in the West for mining, drilling and other interests.

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