E&E NEWS PM | A coalition of environmental groups today criticized the National Park Service for its plan to ban the sale of single-use plastics by the end of 2032, saying it “lacks urgency” and should instead be done within two years.
If a new president is elected in 2024, the NPS plan “could be wiped out before it has even really begun,” said Chandra Rosenthal, the Rocky Mountain director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
“We need a laser focus on what we can accomplish in the next two years and avoid the myopia of gazing at a distant vista,” she said.