E-bikes are an environmental dream — except out in nature
by Arizona Daily Sun | March 11, 2023
The National Park Service, as part of a directive by the Trump administration in 2019, allows e-bikes on all trails in its 423 national parks where traditional bikes are allowed. This is being challenged in a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a coalition ...
Earthtalk: Cell towers in national parks
by Arizona Daily Sun | August 26, 2019
“Cell phone towers have sprouted up in national parks across the country because the National Park Service lacks any coherent policy and instead lets telecommunications companies decide where and how many towers will be constructed,” says Jeff Ruch of the non-profit Public ...