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EPA to Loosen Clean-Air Rules in National Parks

Bush moves to allow coal-fired plants nearer US land preserves

Washington Post Washington Post Nov 19, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Polluting facilities like coal-fired power plants could soon be allowed to operate closer to national parks, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post . Rules being finalized by the EPA—against strong objections from several officials—will weaken Clean Air Act protections by averaging out emission counts over a year, meaning pollution spikes at peak times will soon be legal. More »

More about:  pollution • Environmental Protection Agency • air pollution • national park • Clean Air Act • National Park Service • EPA • emissions standards

Wild Pot Found in Indiana National Park

Park officials, police plan search-and-destroy mission

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Aug 22, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Park Service has found wild marijuana growing in a northern Indiana federal park, the Chicago Tribune reports. Officials don't know how many plants are spread throughout the 15,000-acre Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, on Lake Michigan about 30 miles southeast of Chicago, but said they will work with local police to eradicate the illegal crops. More »

More about:  marijuana • Indiana • War on Drugs • national park • National Park Service

 Hundreds Plucked From
 Grand Canyon Flood

Campers caught as dam breaks

Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Aug 17, 08 10:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of tourists, along with members of the Havasupai Native American tribe, were rescued from the Grand Canyon today after a dam broke causing serious flooding. About 300 people were rescued by helicopter over a 10-hour period after the Redlands Dam, south of the village of Supai, and 220 miles northwest of Phoenix, was breached, the Arizona Republic reports. More »

More about:  National Weather Service • Grand Canyon • National Park Service • Supai • Blackhawk helicopter • Grand Canyon National Park

 Turtle Assists in Pot Bust 

Radio monitoring leads officials to marijuana patch

Washington Post Washington Post Aug 1, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Agent 99, watch out: A 6-inch-long box turtle known as "No. 72” may want your job. Washington, DC, police recently got an assist from No. 72 in making a drug bust, the Washington Post reports. One of several turtles fitted with transmitters that allow National Park Service researchers to track them, No. 72 happened to receive a visit from a scientist while plodding amid some suspicious plants. "I could tell they were marijuana plants," said Ken Ferebee. More »

More about:  crime • Washington DC • marijuana • arrest • national park • law enforcement • National Park Service • turtle

 Grand Canyon Is No Disneyland 

It takes 6,000 workers to keep park visitors safe

NPR NPR Jul 1, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Every day from before dawn until around midnight, a staff of thousands unites to keep the Grand Canyon in good condition and its 4.4 million annual visitors safe. NPR travels to the iconic destination to see how it works. "I hope that you are not imagining a pony ride at Disneyland," warns a mule manager about the steep trip down the canyon. More »

More about:  travel • Arizona • tourists • national park • adventure travel • Grand Canyon • National Park Service • West • visitors • Wild West

 Feds May Return
 Badlands to Sioux 

Tribe ousted from Badlands in 1942

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jun 8, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Park Service might return half of South Dakota's Badlands National Park to the Oglala Sioux, reports the LA Times, some 6 decades after the US military ousted 800 members from the territory during World War II. The measure still needs Congressional approval, and tribal members remain unsure whether they want to build homes or keep the land as a nature preserve. More »

More about:  national park • South Dakota • Native American • Native Americans • National Park Service • Sioux • Indian Tribes

 Clean-Air Changes
 'Imperil Parks' 

Rules make allow power plants nearby

Washington Post Washington Post May 16, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clean air rules likely to be changed this summer are causing serious concerns about future pollution at some of America's most spectacular national parks, reports the Washington Post . The changes will pave the way for 28 new coal-fired power plants near ten parks, according to a report supported by some National Park Service officials . Parks already have "impaired visibility" because of pollution, and the changes represent a major "setback," said one official. More »

More about:  Environmental Protection Agency • air pollution • Henry Waxman • Clean Air Act • air quality • National Park Service

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