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Playing Politics With Science Spawns New Threat to Endangered Whales

by Susan Sargent | March 5, 2020
“Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that blasting air guns in an area where a rare whale migrates and gives birth could push it closer to extinction. But those findings conflicted with the Trump administration’s push for drilling in the ...

Greens’ Complaint Charges Trump Admin With Purging Enemies

“The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a complaint today over what they charge is the administration’s intent to fire federal career staff who are disloyal to President Trump. The complaint, filed with the Office of Special Counsel, claims top White ...

Lawmakers Vow They’ll Ground Sightseeing Flights

by Susan Sargent | March 3, 2020
“With thousands of helicopters flying over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park every year, Democratic Rep. Ed Case says the situation has clearly gotten out of control. ‘That’s no way to run a national park,’ Case, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, told ...

Op-Ed | What’s Become Of The National Park Service’s Focus On History?

by Susan Sargent | March 2, 2020
“While overall employment in the agency has dropped by 3,500 or 16 percent, since 2011, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the number of historians in the Park Service has taken a much greater hit, percentage-wise, dropping from 449 in 2010 to just 149 ...

A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research

“An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial — into the agency’s scientific reports, according to documents ...

National Park 2019 Visitation Reaches More Than 327 Million

by Susan Sargent | February 27, 2020
“More than 327 million visitors descended on the National Park System in 2019, a number that is seen as the third-highest single year tally dating to 1904, yet the head count comes at a time when some parks are overcrowded, National Park Service ranks are depleted, and Congress ...
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