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Regulations finally coming for scenic air tours over Utah’s national parks but not all pilots like the idea

by Elizabeth Duan | June 4, 2020
“Scenic overflights at national parks, though pricey, prove popular with tourists. But they have gone largely unregulated despite a 20-year-old law requiring the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration to craft management plans for each of the parks that host ...

Yellowstone allows more time for Wi-Fi review

by Elizabeth Duan | June 3, 2020
“A telecommunications business rebuffed the National Park Service last winter after park officials asked for a smaller, pilot version of the company’s plan to add hundreds of antennas transmitting Wi-Fi signals throughout developed areas in Yellowstone National Park. Ruch, of PEER ...

Coronavirus Roundup: Justice and Labor Inspectors General Warn of Fraud; OPM Outlines Plan for Return to its Facilities

by Elizabeth Duan | June 2, 2020
“Advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said on Monday the National Park Service is reopening national parks without instituting proper social distancing measures. “If state and local governments, and even Disney World, can enforce social distancing and ...

Detlev Helmig Was Frugal With Tax Dollars. Then CU Fired Him for Misusing Funds.

by Elizabeth Duan | May 29, 2020
“Yet another Zoom meeting beckoned, pulling University of Colorado scientist Detlev Helmig from his data. On Monday, April 7, 2020 he clicked into a meeting organized by Merritt Turetsky, director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) where Helmig worked. She asked ...

California’s Poppy Bloom Is so Bright, It can be Spotted by NASA’s Satellites

by Elizabeth Duan | May 21, 2020
“As Green Matters explains, national parks closed their doors during the coronavirus pandemic. They had originally been ordered to waive entry fees, to “[make] it a little easier for the American public to enjoy the outdoors in our incredible National Parks,” but park-goers ...

Will reopening reignite pandemic? Tests of poop at Miami-Dade sewage plants may be first clue

“It’s long been known that human waste can carry a lot of nasty pathogens that survive passage through the bowels — from bacteria like cholera and fecal coliform to assorted viruses like hepatitis and, over the last few months, the novel coronavirus. Already in cities like Paris ...
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